Joseph Ben Kaifala is a Sierra Leonean author, lawyer, historian and human rights activist.
He is currently serving as the new chairman for the Monuments and Relics Commission in Sierra Leone appointed in 2023 by President Julius Maada Bio.
[5] Later moving to Norway, he studied at the Red Cross Nordic United World College (UWC Red Cross Nordic),[6] and subsequently enrolled at Skidmore College in New York, earning a BA in International Affairs & French, with a minor in Law & Society.
[8] He went on to found the Jeneba Project, a non-profit organization with the focus of transforming the educational experience for girls in Sierra Leone, fostering intellectual growth and leadership skills that will "create ripples of social impact across communities".
[20] In 2022, he was appointed a writer-in-residence by the Library Of Africa and The African Diaspora (LOATAD), based in Accra, Ghana,[21][22] the first Sierra Leonean to receive the honour.