Bio

Born in 1968 in DR Congo, Alfred Ndrabu Buju is a PhD candidate studying Social Transformation in the Institute for Social Transformation at Tangaza University, Nairobi, Kenya. He specializes in security and sustainable peace. He has a master’s degree in Sacred Theology with a specialization in Spiritual Theology from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi. He has worked in the Bunia diocese (Democratic Republic of Congo) as spiritual director, rector in a priestly formation house, coordinator of the Justice and Peace Commission, and Director of Caritas-Development. He is a member of the “Bustani ya Mabadiliko” (Garden of Changes), an initiative of the Pole Institute in the Great Lakes Region. He has received training in peacebuilding, governance, justice, social change, and systemic thinking. He has taught indigenous knowledge, decolonial theories, and methodologies. He is a co-founder of several grassroots organizations, including the Justice and Peace Network (Réseau Haki na Amani), the Ituri Platform of Concertation on Natural Resources (Cadre de Concertation de l’Ituri sur les Ressources Naturelles), and Action Research Group for Peace in Ituri (Groupe de Recherche et d’Action pour la Paix en Ituri). His research interests include transformative peacebuilding, indigenous knowledge, and decoloniality.