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Peter Kagwanja (born August 8, 1963, in Rwathia location of Kangema Division, Murang’a County) is a Kenyan academic, adviser to the Government of Kenya and consultant with regional and international governments and organizations. He is the founding President and Chief Executive of the (Africa Policy Institute ), a pan-African think-tank focusing on policy research and analysis on governance, security and geo-political issues. As an academic émigré in the United States of America, Europe and South Africa, Kagwanja worked with universities, intellectual networks and international policy/research think-tanks. He was Regional Director of the Brussels-based think-tank, International Crisis Group (2003-2007) and Director of Research/Executive Director at the (Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) ) (2007-2008). Kagwanja has published on political violence, refugees, forced displacement, and counter-terrorism,.〔()〕 His research on youth and generational politics in Africa 〔http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/content/102/406/25.short?rss=1&ssource=mfc〕 focuses on the Mungiki youth movement.〔http://afraf.oxfordjournals.org/content/102/406/25.short?rss=1&ssource=mfc〕 Kagwanja served a foreign policy consultant (Kenya’s 2007-2008 post-election crisis ) and adviser to President Mwai Kibaki's government (2002-2013). His books include (The State of the Nation: South Africa in 2008 ) (2009), (Kenya’s Uncertain Democracy: The 2008 Post-Election Crisis ) (2010) and (Kiratu Murungi: An Odyssey in Kenyan Politics ) (2011). His newest book is Uhuru at Last: Kenya’s New Constitution and the Birth of the Second Republic (2014). == Early life and education == Peter Kagwanja was born on 8 August 1963 in Kenya-Njeru village, Rwathia location of Kangema Division, Murang’a County in central Kenya. He was raised in Maragua town, 89 kilometers North of Nairobi. He attended primary education at the Catholic Church Mission School, Kianjiru-ini (1972–1978) before moving to Kirogo Secondary school (Murang’a) and Kangaru High School (Embu), where he obtained his Advanced level (‘A-Level’) Certificate. Kagwanja attended Kenyatta University on government scholarship where he graduated with a Bachelor of Education (Arts: History, Politics and Philosophy) in 1989 and a Master's degree in 1994. Kagwanja won a grant from the Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA) for his thesis entitled "Kwame Nkrumah's Theory and Practice of Labour and their Manifestation in the Kenyan Trade Unionism to 1966." In 1992, Kagwanja joined the faculty at Moi University, Eldoret, where he served as a lecturer in history and politics at and researcher at the University's Center for Refugee Studies. In 1998, Kagwanja proceeded to America for further studies as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He obtained his doctorate in 2004, specializing in History, Politics and International law (Human Rights and humanitarian law). He wrote a dissertation titled "Unwanted in the 'white highlands': The politics of civil society and the making of a refugee in Kenya, 1902-2002," whose research was supported by the University of Illinois, Ford Foundation and Human Rights Commission. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Kagwanja」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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