Joseph Ben Kaifala

Joseph Ben Kaifala marubuci ɗan Saliyo ne, lauya, masanin  tarihi kuma mai fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam. Ya kafa shirin Jeneba mai zaman kansa, da nufin ba da ilimi ga 'yan mata marasa galihu a Saliyo da maƙwabtan Guinea da Laberiya,  kuma ya kafa Cibiyar Tunawa da Saliyo don taimakawa al'ummomi don shawo kan matsalar da warkewa daga raunin da ya gabata.  

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An haifi Kaifala ne a Saliyo, inda ya tashi, kuma ya yi wani ɓangare na kuruciyarsa a Laberiya da Guinea.  Daga baya ya koma Norway, ya yi karatu a Red Cross Nordic United World College (UWC Red Cross Nordic),  kuma daga baya ya yi rajista a Kwalejin Skidmore a New York, yana samun BA a Harkokin Ƙasa da Ƙasa da Faransan, tare da ƙarami a doka na Al'umma.   Yana da digiri na biyu a fannin dangantakar ƙasa da ƙasa daga Makarantar Maxwell a Jami'ar Syracuse, ya yi karatun International and Comparative Law a Vermont Law School, kuma memba ne na Washington, DC, ƙungiyar lauyoyi, a tsakanin sauran cancantar. 

Ya ci gaba da samo aikin Jeneba, ƙungiya mai zaman kanta tare da mayar da hankali ga canza ƙwarewar ilimi ga 'yan mata a Saliyo, haɓaka basira da ƙwarewar jagoranci wanda zai "haifar da tasirin zamantakewa a tsakanin al'ummomi".   Kaifala kuma shi ne wanda ya kafa aikin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar Saliyo, wani shiri na tarihi na baka da aka sadaukar don yin rikodin shaidar waɗanda suka tsira daga Yaƙin basasar Saliyo.   

A cikin shekarar 2016, ya kasance cikin jerin sunayen 'yan takarar "Outlook Inspirations Awards", wanda aka fara don bikin cika shekaru 50 na shirin BBC World Service Outlook, da kuma girmama mutanen da "sun nuna ƙarfin hali da kwarin gwiwa".  

Rubuce-rubucen da ya wallafa sun haɗa da ‘Yancin Bayi, Freetown, da Yakin Basasa na Saliyo, wanda Adam Hochschild ya ce: “Ba abu ne mai sauki ba a rubuta tarihin wata ƙasa a cikin littafi guda, musamman ma lokacin da al’ummar da abin ya shafa suka kasance cikin bege da yawa. Amma Joseph Kaifala ya gudanar da aikin cikin ilimi da basira, ta hanyar mai da hankali kan muhimman lokuta na juyin halittar ƙasarsa.  Tarihinsa Adamalui: Tafiya ta Mai tsira daga Yaƙin Basasa a Afirka zuwa Rayuwa a Amurka (2018) an jera shi a matsayin ɗayan "Mafi kyawun Littattafan yakin basasa na Saliyo na kowane lokaci".  Daga cikin sauran wallafe-wallafensa akwai Tutu's Rainbow World: Zaɓaɓɓun Waƙoƙi (2017)  da Abin da Na Yi tunani: Maxims na Masanin Falsafa na Afirka. 

A cikin shekarar 2021, Kaifala ya zama ɗan Saliyo na farko da aka karrama a matsayin Ford Global Fellow. 

A cikin shekarar 2022, Library of Africa and African Diaspora (LOATAD), wanda ke zaune a Accra, Ghana,   ɗan Saliyo na farko da ya sami karramawa ya naɗa shi marubuci a wurin zama. 

 Zaɓaɓɓun littattafai 

 'Yanci Bayi, Freetown, da Yaƙin Basasa na Saliyo, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, 
 Adamalui: Tafiya mai tsira daga Yaƙin Basasa a Afirka zuwa Rayuwa a Amurka, Turner, 2018, 

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