Abdul Rahman Kamara is a peacebuilding practitioner, researcher, and survivor of the Sierra Leone civil war. He holds an MA and MPhil in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford and is currently undertaking a PhD in Criminology at the University of Leicester. He researches the long-term experiences of individuals who were children during the war and the role of restorative justice in post-conflict recovery. He has over seventeen years of experience of peacebuilding and community development in Sierra Leone.