Makmid Kamara is a Sierra Leonean human rights leader, researcher and development communications practitioner, with over eighteen (18) years’ experience working with national and international development and human rights organisations in Africa and the United Kingdom. He is the Director of the Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF), based in Accra, Ghana.
Prior to joining the ATJLF, Makmid worked at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in London as Deputy Director of Global Issues and (Ag.) Head of the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) Team; served as interim Country Director for Amnesty International Nigeria and West Africa Researcher.

He holds an MSc with distinction in Media, Communications and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is a Fellow of the LSE Atlantic Fellowship for Social & Economic Equity (AFSEE). He serves on different boards for organisations based in the UK, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.