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Disciplines in Society, Peace & Law
Peacemakers, jurists, teachers, ecologists and explorers.
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Nelson Mandela
1918 – 2013Twenty-seven years in prison, then negotiated the end of apartheid without civil war.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
b. 1938Africa's first elected woman head of state; rebuilt post-war Liberia.
Kofi Annan
1938 – 2018UN Secretary-General who put human security at the centre of the organisation.
Wangari Maathai
1940 – 2011Green Belt Movement founder; 51 million trees and a democracy campaign.
Denis Mukwege
b. 1955Surgeon who has treated tens of thousands of survivors of wartime sexual violence.
Leymah Gbowee
b. 1972Led the women's movement that ended Liberia's civil war.
Abiy Ahmed
b. 1976Negotiated the Eritrea peace accord; later a contested wartime leader.