Staff supporting our programs in Tanzania

Roland Adjovi

Academic Director, Tanzania Programs
email: adjovir@arcadia.edu

Roland Adjovi, an attorney with extensive teaching experience, serves as Academic Director at the Arcadia Center in Arusha. He is also responsible for teaching a portion of our core course, "Tanzania in the Midst of Peace and Conflict: Contemporary Issues in East Africa." Mr. Adjovi brings a strong background in working with African judicial and human rights organizations, including his experience as Senior Legal Officer within the Registry of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and as legal assistant for the Organization for African Unity. He also has extensive experience teaching at various U.S. and French institutions as well as serving as Editorial Assistant for the African Yearbook of International Law (through AFIL, the African Foundation for International Law). Mr. Adjovi earned his BA in Law and Public Administration from the University of Paris and then went on to earn a Master's degree in Political Science there.

Mr. Adjovi recently commented on the First Ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights in both Jurist, newsletter of the University of Pittsburgh Law School (read article published in English) and Sentinelle, the weekly newsletter of the French Society for International Law (read article published in French).

View a video of Roland discussing our program in Tanzania.