Gbope Onigbanjo
“Conflict always leaves people transformed.”
The Transcript
Gbope Onigbanjo is a consultant and researcher working in the fields of international affairs, peace studies, and political economy with a geographical focus on Africa.
She has an MA in Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies from King’s College London and has provided strategic intelligence and advocacy advisory services to global public and private sector clients with interests in West and East Africa.
She has been published in Boy Brother Friend and The Republic Journal, where she worked as a sub-editor. Her research and writing focus on cultural, socio-political, and peace and security issues.
She has an MA in Conflict Resolution in Divided Societies from King’s College London and has provided strategic intelligence and advocacy advisory services to global public and private sector clients with interests in West and East Africa.
She has been published in Boy Brother Friend and The Republic Journal, where she worked as a sub-editor. Her research and writing focus on cultural, socio-political, and peace and security issues.
In this episode, I speak with Gbope Onigbanjo, a researcher and consultant working in the fields of international affairs, peace studies, and political economy with a geographical focus on Africa. Our conversation centred around Nigeria’s role as Big Brother in West Africa and how that has bred skepticism among other states in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This is a unique episode in this project in that it zooms out a bit from the individual and communities of individuals to look at Nigeria’s relationship with its mates: other countries in West Africa.
Timestamps
01:32 Exploring Liberal Peace-Keeping
03:50 ‘Healing’ as Peace and Security
05:59 Understanding Peace in African Contexts
12:25 ECOWAS and Nigeria
23:18 Elite-based/State Peace vs Local Peace
27:30 Russian flag in Kano?
Full transcript to be uploaded soon.