Jeff Korondo
Bio
Founder of Music for Peace, a organization that works to promote the power of music for positive social change in Uganda. Born and raised in Gulu, northern Uganda, Jeff is currently pursuing his master's study in the Netherlands, Jeff Korondo comes from Gulu, Uganda and is a musician who has been performing in Uganda since 1990. He has written, produced, and performed songs on the reintegration of ex-combatants, empathy, the International Criminal Court (ICC), defilement, child sacrifice, malaria prevention, women’s rights, and children’s rights, among others. His music has .inspired and encouraged peace and reconciliation in Uganda.
His 2008 album 'Okwera Nono' (You Reject Me for Nothing) discourages community members from stigmatizing former abductees and ex-combatants who are reintegrating into society. He has partnered with organizations such as Save the Children, the Concerned Parents Association, and the Northern Uganda Malaria AIDS and Tuberculosis (NUMAT) program to conduct sensitization campaigns involving advocacy songs and community performances.
Jeff is an alumnus of the 2016 U.S State Department Professional Fellowship Program of Tolerance and Conflict Resolution that happened in Massachusetts and Washington DC.
He is also part of Transformative Memory International Network which is a network of scholars, practitioners, researchers and civil society from Canada, Colombia, Northern Ireland, Uganda, Brazil, and Indonesia. These are countries with history of political conflict, colonization and armed violence.
A graduate of Gulu University, where he has pursued a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology.