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(UNESCO / Japan Young Researchers' fellowships programme)

Leslie Arthur Wilmot Shyllon

Beneficiary country: 
Sierra Leone
Fellow: 
Wilmot Shyllon Leslie Arthur Sierra Leone Born on 27 July 1969 in Freetown, Sierra Leone shyloba@yahoo.co.uk
Country of study: 
Liberia
Last degree obtained: 

University of Edinburgh, School of Divinity, Centre for the Study of Christianity in the Non-Western World, Scotland: Master of Theology (M.Th.) 1994.

Scholarly work and publications: 

"Preparing Youth for Responsible Adulthood: The Challenges of the Church": Paper delivered at the Biennial Conference of the West African Association of Theological Institutions (WAATI), at Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria, August 2000. This paper forms part of the book: Religion, Morality and leadership in West African Society, August 2002.

"The Church in Peace Initiatives; A Sierra Leone Perspective": Paper delivered at All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), Consultative Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, Nov. 2001.