Kambale Musavuli Bio

Kambale Musavuli
Spokesperson & Student Coordinator

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Below is his bio. This guy is an EXPERT! We need to get ready for our skype session!

Kambale Musavuli, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a human rights activist, Student Coordinator and National Spokesperson with the Friends of the Congo. He has written for The Washington Post, Foreign Policy in Focus, The Huffington Post and numerous other academic and news publications. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio, Democracy Now, ABC News, Al Jazeera English Television, Radio France International and a myriad of radio and television programs. He has been featured in documentaries such as Iara Lee’s “Cultures of Resistance,” Martin Scorsese’s “Surviving Progress,” and the film “Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering the Truth.”

Mr. Musavuli was profiled by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in “Community in Action,” a campaign to bring public awareness to individuals who have chosen to “take action to confront genocide and related crimes against humanity today.”

In 2009, he also received a Congolese Hero Award, by the Congolese Development Center National Awards Program. The CDC, Inc. provides awards annually to exceptionally successful Congolese for their initiatives or achievements. The awards recognize individuals who have made outstanding community contributions/ achievements.

Mr. Musavuli continues to tour the United States, Canada, and Africa speaking to university students, religious groups, global leaders, community organizers and many others in an effort to generate support for the people of the Congo and educate the global community about the challenges of the Congo, in order to mobilize support for organizations inside the Congo.Mr. Musavuli has served as a research consultant for a number of film projects, socially responsible investor groups and government agencies. His ultimate aim is to mobilize the global community to help bring an end to the conflict in the Congo and provide support to the people of the Congo as they strive to control their enormous natural wealth; and build lasting peace and stability in the heart of Africa.