Thoughts on the African Dream with Nyamal Tutdeal

Greetings Glocal Citizens!

This week’s episode is like the jetway bridging me between my two locations this week. From my Continental base in Accra, South Sudanese-Ethiopian-American, Nyamal Tutdeal, who is a conflict resolution and healing practitioner, joins us again to talk about, among other things, one of her homelands--Ethiopia, where I found myself (in Addis Ababa) for the weekend. Many may recall meeting Nyamal on the podcast prior to her move to Accra, and now after a nearly two years, she’s an “Accra-an.” With over a decade of work experience under her belt, Nyamal has developed and managed various programmes related togender, peace, security, and antiracist/race relations. She is a staunch advocate for women's empowerment, human rights, refugees, immigrants, displaced communities, and the fight against early child marriage. Nyamal is a Co-Director and Co-Founder of the NyaEden Foundation. She also works as an Adjunct Professor at both Arcadia University and Webster University in Ghana, where she provides academic support and teaches Introduction to Human Rights, Refugee and Migration Movement, Advocacy, NGO and Civil Society at Webster University Ghana campus. Nyamal is also involved in teaching Conflict Transformation, Restorative Justice, Mediation, and Conflict Coaching in the International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) program at Arcadia University. Prior to her relocation to Ghana, Nyamal served as the Director of Equity and Inclusion for CORA Services. Nyamal has a B.A. in Human Relations and an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Nyamal is now at the head of her own consultancy, The Nyamal Group which she launched this year.

Where to find Nyamal?
On LinkedIn
On Instagram
On X
On Facebook
Shades of Injera

What's Nyamal reading?
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku

What’s Nyamal watching?
About Star Wars and the Ashoka TV Series

Other topics of interest?
About the Nuer People Demographics in Ethiopia
Civil Conflict in Ethiopia
On Empire, here are some articles that analyze empire and colonization as major drivers of present-day inequality:
"The Empire of Inequality: Introduction" by Himadeep Muppidi - Discusses how colonial empires created enduring global inequality through exploitation, extraction of wealth, and imposition of power structures.
"The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa" by Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou - Economic analysis finding that artificial colonial borders continue to impact economic development and inequality across African nations today.
"The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation" by Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson - Research arguing colonialism set up institutions that continue to affect world inequality.
"Imperialism and Colonialism" by Battiston et al. - Reviews how empires led to concentration of wealth and power for imperial nations that remains evident in 21st century global inequality.
“How Western Colonization Launched Capitalism with Violence and Ruin" by Nicholas De Genova - Discusses direct links between violent colonization, slavery, genocide and the rise of global capitalism and inequality.
“The Impact of Colonialism on African Economic Development” by Joshua Settles - Analysis of economic exploitation, extraction of resources, and disruption of existing systems during European colonization of Africa.
SAD - Seasonal Effective Disorder
54th NAACP Image Awards
Sheryl Lee Ralph’s dress and designer, Pistis Ghana
South Sudan’s Political Structure
South Sudan’s Vice Presidents and Fourth VP, Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior
About Hope Resoration South Sudan
About the South Sudanese Civil War
About South Sudan’s Minister of Interior, Angelina Teny
Bella Afrik in Accra
The Mix Accra