Emmanuel Bombande
| Emmanuel Bombande | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lamusa Bombande 6 December 1960 Accra, Ghana |
| Nationality | Ghanian |
| Education | B.A. Social Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana D.E.F Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal M.A. Conflict Transformation, Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States |
| Known for | Acting Chairperson on The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission of Kenya |
| Awards | Millennium Excellence Award for Peace in Ghana: 2005 Laureate CIVIPAX: Burkina Faso 2007 |
Emmanuel Bombande (born 1960) is a conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and development professional from Accra, Ghana, and is the Chair of the Board of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict. He was born in Accra, Ghana. Originally named Lamusa, his grandmother changed his name to Habuka, which in Bisa means “Where is he from?”. He took the name Emmanuel after his baptism. He and his wife Alice have three children.
Upon moving to Bawku to live with his grandmother, Bombande began attending Bawku Daduri R/C Primary School followed by Daduri R/C Middle School in Bawku. He then attended Notre Dame Seminary Secondary School, in Navrongo, and Nandom Secondary School, in Nandom for his A levels. While at Nandom he became involved with the Young Catholic Students Movement, later named the Young Christian Students (YCS), an organization he later served as Pan-African Co-ordinator for during his national service. In 1984 Bomande continued his education by pursuing a B.A. in Social Science at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He also completed his D.E.F. at Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal. In 2002 he completed his M.A. in Conflict Transformation, from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
Emmanuel Bombande’s began his career in 1990 working with the group International Young Catholic Students (IYCS) becoming the Africa Regional Coordinator. The organization focuses on faith-based development work globally and also have special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. This position was based in Nairobi, Kenya and continued for four years. In August 1994 he became a program officer at Nairobi Peace Initiative. The Nairobi Peace Initiative was founded in 1984 and engages in peacebuilding and conflict transformation work including mediation, dialogue facilitation, and capacity building throughout the Horn, East, Central, and West Africa. During this time he was crucial in resolving the Kokomba-Nanumba conflict in northern Ghana. Under the leadership of Hizkias Assefa, Bombande organized a number of meetings and dialogues between the warring factions. His interactions with tribal kings during negotiations was referenced by John Paul Lederach in giving examples of how power differentials can negatively impact mediations and negotiations. While at NPI he also worked with interethnic conflicts in the Rift Valley of Kenya, and facilitating dialogue in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1998 Bombande cofounded, with Sam Doe, the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP). Focusing on collaborative approaches to conflict prevention during the civil wars taking place in West Africa. The organization works with several regional partners such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union’s Economic, Social, and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC). From 1999 through September 2004, Bombande worked as Director of Programmes for WANEP. In this position he worked directly with the Bawku Inter-Ethnic Conflict. Upper East Region-Ghana, and the Intra-Dagbon Akosombo Dialogue Process
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