Afrocentric and Pan-African Decolonial approaches to Transitional Justice

A symposium hosted by SFU's Institute of Black and Afro Diaspora Research and Engagement (IBADRE) in Collaboration with Building Bridges with Rwanda & Remember Rwanda 25 Year Legacy Project (RR25)

As the African Union redefines justice, Rwanda's experience challenges how the world understands healing and transitional justice. Transitional justice includes a range of measures to address the legacies of historical and contemporary mass atrocities. This symposium and dialogue situate Rwanda's transitional justice experience in the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi within the broader framework of the African Union's redefinition of transitional justice that advances a distinctly Afrocentric and pan-African decolonial vision grounded in local realities, collective healing, and long-term societal transformation.

TUESDAY, MAY 19 2026

AT 5:30 PM

Segal Building (1200-1500), SFU Vancouver

500 Granville St, Vancouver, BC

FEATURED SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

Lama Mugabo • Dr. June Francis • Dr. James Busumtwi-Sam • Dr. Collins Ifeonu

Dr. Germaine Tuyisenge Müller • Dr. Joel Akinwumi • Dr. Cornel Bogle

Tricia Kay Williams • Naura Rukundo • Sherif Jetiah • Adjua Akinwumi

Come for the conversation. Stay for the community.

All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Limited spaces available.

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Host or Publisher Institute For Black and African Diaspora Research and Engagement