Fambul Tok Analysis

Fambul Tok (“Family Talk”) is a face-to-face community or publicly owned program that brings together victims and perpetrators of the violence in Sierra Leone’s civil war through ceremonies that are rooted in the indigenous traditions of the villages that were affected by the war (Rich, 2013). It provides Sierra Leonean inhabitants with the opportunity to come to terms with what occurred during the war, to experience healing, to dialogue, and to chart a new and peaceful path forward – together (Rich, 2013).

Launched in 2008, Sierra Leone’s Fambul Tok is built upon the “family talk” tradition of resolving and discussing problems within the security or safety of a family circle (Rich, 2013). The program functions at the village level to help

We cannot be the soldier whom goes to battle when he has not resolved the war he currently has with himself. The amusing thing about peace is that even though we are in its presence we can be unaware of its current existence. We feel so at ease and serene with ourselves, we sometimes forget to say “thank you” to peace or it.

We as a society have to learn to love ourselves unconditionally. We have to know that peace resides within all of us, but then again we need to be without a facade. Authentic life and peace go together. We cannot only have the one without the other. I can follow or pursue the path of neuropsychology, but without peace, I am merely living a life. Nevertheless, whenever I walk in the underground as a free woman with peace by my side, I shall always emerge on the escalator whilst breathing an authentic life

True peace walks hand in hand with justice. Peace is not simply the fragile exhaustion that arises in the aftermath of conflict or the absence of war, relationships broken, when lives have been torn apart, homes demolished and infrastructures destroyed. Rather, the God-given peace that He desires for us is built on justice, where everyone and everything on earth is in a working relationship with each other and can obtain their God-given

The complications of dealing with questions concerning human rights and past conflict in Southern Africa demonstrates the complications involved in altering a society. Given the present social and structural concerns and inequalities in Southern Africa, the degree to which the TRC has affected the countries social transformation and consolidated peace and harmony cannot yet be determined and, at best, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission may be defined as part of an extensive and ongoing process.

Fambul Tok in Sierra Leone attempt at creating peace was quite successful. Like South Africa, it still faces some obstacles when it comes to forgiveness. Past violence is not something that can be forgotten overnight especially if it presented itself through a civil war. Sierra Leones conflict was quite shorter than South Africa’s oppression which may contribute to the increased or faster improvement of the countries level of peace. Targeting the local communities with traditional “remedies” and ceremonies is, in my opinion, a very effective way when targeting emotional