While editing Volume Seven: Refugees, Peacebuilding, Security, the editorial team was inspired by critical recurring themes in the transformation and leadership stories that populate the volume. Again and again, contributors described similar aspirations for equality, cooperation, and dignity. These recurring themes inspired us to develop the REFUGE-E Manifesto, inspired by the title of Njamba’s book, Refuge-E: The Journey Much Desired.
The REFUGE-E Manifesto is a tool for ensuring that policies, action plans, and interventions are inclusive and build on the successes achieved by contributors to Refugees, Peacekeeping, Security in their work with refugees. It is a manifesto of refuge for everyone, particularly refugees, internally displaced peoples, asylum seekers, and all forms of forced migrants.
This manifesto is a platform for action. It is intended to be shared, adapted, discussed, displayed, and used by leaders, organisations, educators, advocates, policymakers, and communities seeking practical ways to advance peace and human dignity.
Download the Manifesto
The full REFUGE-E Manifesto toolkit comprises a booklet, single-page table, and trifold brochure. Access all three documents for free in this digital folder or by clicking the individual images below.
About the graphic designer
John Fabrice Kabasha (JFK) is a multimedia and marketing consultant, creative director, and strategic communicator with experience across East and Southern Africa. He specialises in branding, digital marketing, multimedia production, visual storytelling, and creative strategy, working with organisations in healthcare, business, and development.
As a trained pharmacist with a wealth of experience and background that combines pharmaceutical industry, global health, marketing, and multimedia, JFK brings a distinctive blend of creative and analytical thinking to his work. He is passionate about meaningful communication, continuous learning, mentorship, and using creativity to create practical impact. He believes that clear communication has the power to turn complex problems into practical opportunities for meaningful and workable solutions.
You can reach him at: fabricekeby@gmail.com.
About the editorial team
Yabome, Njamba and Adelana are the lead editors of Refugees, Peacebuilding, Security and authors of the REFUGE-E Manifesto.
Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, PhD is a multi-award-winning leadership and organisation development consultant, academic, writer, and curator of African identity and leadership stories. She has presented on and taught about ‘African Leadership: Now and for the Future.’ Yabome speaks on the issue of global African identities, which led to her writing and publishing short story collections entitled Identities, Ancestries, and Destinies. She regularly lectures and has peer-reviewed publications in her areas of interest. Yabome is a founder and lead editor of the We Will Lead Africa series. She is a former Sierra Leonean refugee. She is married to Adelana.
Njamba Koffi is an award-winning community leader, poet, author, public speaker, and amateur musician, who channels his lived experiences as a refugee into transformative work that spans continents. Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Koffi’s path has carved a mosaic of achievement against the backdrop of displacement. His journey defies the limitations imposed by circumstance and celebrates the power of perseverance. His memoir Refuge-e: The Journey Much Desired serves as both a chronicle of survival and a testament to hope.
Adelana Gilpin-Jackson has over 25 years’ experience in civil / structural engineering, sustainable energy, technology, research, innovation, infrastructure asset management, and strategic risk management. After launching his career in engineering consulting, the Sierra Leonean civil war propelled him into an unexpected direction—wartime engineering for peacekeeping operations. In Canada, he led in the electric utility corporation in British Columbia and is a consulting engineer. He remains engaged in ideating and working for true self-determination and the socio-economic progress of Africa and Africans. He is married to Yabome.