African Scholars Fellow
Essa Njie (Gambian)
Mr Essa Njie holds a Master’s degree in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa from the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria and is currently on the Peace, Security and Development Fellowship for African Scholars, undertaking an MSc in Security, Leadership and Society at King’s College London. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the University of The Gambia (UTG) where he worked as a Graduate Assistant and later as a lecturer, teaching courses in International Relations, International Law and Politics in the Developing World. Essa also has experience working as a conflict monitor for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the Gambia, reporting on security-related threats and broader issues of governance. Between 2013 and 2017, he had engaged with MasterPeace International, Voluntary Action Network for Peace and Development and in a campaign with UTG students in the fight against online extremism. Essa’s overall research agenda lay within the areas of peace, conflict, security and human rights, with a specific interest in post-conflict and post-dictatorship democratisation in Africa in the context of security sector reform.
