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Garvey–Nkrumah Fellowship Program

Meet the 2025 Fellows

An accomplished international cohort of emerging legal professionals advancing leadership, cross-border collaboration, and transformative solutions across Africa and the African diaspora.

2025 Fellowship Cohort

Representing respected universities and law schools across Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and the United States.

Idowu Ademola

Idowu Ademola

University of Ibadan

Nigeria

Akua Adu–Nsafoa

Akua Adu–Nsafoa

Howard University School of Law

United States

Wisdom Adzakor

Wisdom Adzakor

GIMPA / University of Bristol

Ghana & United Kingdom

Oluwatobi Ajimoko

Oluwatobi Ajimoko

Howard University School of Law

United States & Nigeria

Peniella Awurakua Appiah-Gyimah

Peniella Awurakua Appiah-Gyimah

Ghana School of Law

Ghana

Tijan B. Bah

Tijan B. Bah

Gambia Law School

The Gambia

Joanita Abokoma Bentil

Joanita Abokoma Bentil

Ghana School of Law

Ghana

Carina Blanche

Carina Blanche

University of the West Indies

Grenada

Daijah Buggs

Daijah Buggs

Howard University School of Law

United States

Maureen Cathryn Nabaggala

Maureen Cathryn Nabaggala

Makerere University

Uganda

Ravi Davis

Ravi Davis

Norman Manley Law School

Antigua & Barbuda

Djibilirou Drabo

Djibilirou Drabo

Howard University School of Law

United States & Burkina Faso

Jacques F. Felix

Jacques F. Felix

Howard University School of Law

United States

Ama Fosu

Ama Fosu

Howard University School of Law

United States

Kurali Grantham

Kurali Grantham

University of Virginia

United States

Jean Marie Iradukunda

Jean Marie Iradukunda

University of Rwanda School of Law

Rwanda

Mohamed Aziz Jaidi

Mohamed Aziz Jaidi

University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia

William E. Jones

William E. Jones

Howard University School of Law

United States

Tadala Kaluba

Tadala Kaluba

University of Lusaka

Zambia

Anitha Mukeshimana

Anitha Mukeshimana

Kigali University

Rwanda

Prisca Ndoda

Prisca Ndoda

University of Cape Town

South Africa

Kristopher Paige

Kristopher Paige

University of the West Indies

Barbados

Diana Abdi Shabani

Diana Abdi Shabani

Dar Es Salaam Tumaini University

Tanzania

Merapelo Speakman

Merapelo Speakman

University of Botswana

Botswana

Makeda Thom

Makeda Thom

University of the West Indies

Trinidad & Tobago

Gabrielle Thompson

Gabrielle Thompson

Howard University School of Law

United States

Aleya Williams

Aleya Williams

University of the West Indies

Trinidad & Tobago

Peta-Gay Wilson

Peta-Gay Wilson

University of the West Indies / University of Cambridge

Jamaica