Tujilane Rose Chizumila | 60 Years of Hosting Refugees: A Tanzanian Narrative

In this video, Judge Chizumila, a former Malawian refugee in Tanzania, shares the story of becoming a refugee, following the infamous Malawian “Cabinet Crises” of 1964, and the uplifting narrative of her transition into an accomplished product of Tanzania's refugee hosting record, overcoming personal strife and institutionalized gendered obstacles. Her story celebrates Malawian excellence and years of dedicated service to local and international humanitarian agencies. Judge Chizumila discusses the education of refugees in Tanzania and a scholarship for further studies in Germany; her professional growth as a returnee to the Malawian civil service as a state attorney; her humanitarian works with Save the Children U.S.-Federation, UNHCR; and her private legal profession. The grace-to-grass-to-grace story features many trailblazing firsts for female and gender rights advocacy in Malawi: her appointments as Ambassador to Zimbabwe and the South African Development Corporation (SADC); Judge of the Malawian High Court; first female Ombudsman for Malawi; and post-retirement consecutive appointments as Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.

Below is an insert of a link to her bio and her recently published book.
https://www.udsm.ac.tz/web/index.php/...
https://www.african-court.org/wpafc/l...

Link to Tujilane Chizumila's Book:
https://www.amazon.ca/Refugee-Girl-Ju...

In this video
00:00 Introduction and background as a refugee
03:53 Journey as a refugee in Tanzania
06:58 Evolution of Tanzania's approach to hosting refugees
08:09 Lessons that can be applied to refugee crises around the globe
12:24 Experience in Tanzania shaping perspectives on justice, human rights, and refugee issues
15:16 How will your narrative change the conceptions and stereotypes surrounding refugees?
18:49 Advice to policy makers, organizations and individuals

Edited by Jarukson Jeevakumar