Angela Jansen holds a BA Cultural Anthropology and a MSc. International Development Studies from the University of Amsterdam with a specialization in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. In 2007 she went to Rwanda, where she interviewed male and female prisoners in Kigali Central Prison “1930”, about their participation in the genocide. Since 2008 she has worked with several non-government organizations in the Netherlands, Haiti, Cameroon and DR Congo which focused on peacebuilding and psychosocial support after conflict or natural disaster. In 2013 Angela started to work as a Head of Programs for Community Based Sociotherapy in Rwanda and recently she co-founded the International Institute for Community Based Sociotherapy (IICBS).

Current Research Project

Intergenerational Narratives of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in Perpetrator Families
In line with her work in Rwanda, she will be conducting a PhD research on the intergenerational legacies of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Her study will specifically focus on intergenerational narratives in families of genocide perpetrators and how these narratives influences the everyday life experiences of their descentants and their narrative identity formation.

Supervisor: Prof Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

Email: angelajansen1985@gmail.com | Tel: +27 (21) 808 4047

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Bigabo, F., & Jansen, A. (2020). From child to genocide perpetrator: Narrative identity analysis among genocide prisoners incarcerated in Muhanga prison, Rwanda. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 13, 759.