Ibrahim Ceesay

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Ibrahim Ceesay
Born1986 (age 38–39)
Gambia
Citizenship Gambia
EducationIgobi College, Lagos
OccupationsSocial justice activist, human rights defender, film director
Years active2010–present
EmployerAfrican Artists Peace Initiative (AAPI)
Organizations
  • African Artists Peace Initiative (AAPI)
  • Children and Community Development Initiative for Development (CAID)
  • African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC)
Known forDirector of Hand of Fate; youth and climate justice advocacy
Notable work
  • Hand of Fate (2013)
  • Sarata (2014)
Awards
  • Best Indigenous Film – Nollywood & African Film Critics Awards (2013)
  • Gambian Personality of the Year (2013)
  • Nominated among 12 Most Influential Youth Leaders in Africa – Youth Hub Africa

Ibrahim Ceesay (born 1986) is a Gambian social justice activist, human rights defender and award-winning director of the film Hand of Fate . [1] He is the executive director of the African artists peace initiative (AAPI) and has led various youth organizations. [2]

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Early life and education

Ceesay studied at Igobi College an all boys school in Lagos for his Junior School where he launched the Green Schools Initiative with the Boy Scouts. [3]

Career

Ceesay is the executive director of Children and Community Development initiative for development (CAID) which strives towards child and community development. He is a film director and his 2013 film Hand of Fate explores issues around early marriage. [4] [5] Ceesay's 2014 film Sarata raises awareness of cervical cancer. [6] In 2016, Ceesay was fired from his role as chair for the national youth council, after calling for youths to protest the death and detention of activists. [7]

He was appointed as UNESCO Youth and Peace Ambassador, as the Executive Coordinator of the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) the youth climate movement in Africa and as Chairperson of the African Youth Panel Advisory body to the Danish Africa Commission. He had serves as Administrator/Secretary General of the National Federation for UNESCO Clubs and Centres, worked with the Gambia National Commission for UNESCO prior to appointment. [4] [8]

He launched a project called 'African Artists Unite for Climate Justice" which brings musicians together to talk about climate change through music. [3]

Awards and recognitions

Ceesay's movie Hand of Fate was awarded 'best indigenous film' in the Nollywood and African Film Critics Awards in 2013and screened in Paris, France as part of ‘UNESCO Africa Week’ . [9] Ceesay was also Gambian personality of the year in 2013 and nominated as one of the 12 most influential youth leaders in Africa by Youth Hub Africa. [4] [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Hand of Fate Teaser Scene , retrieved 2019-10-08
  2. ↑ "Gambian Film: - "The Hand of Fate" -European Tour - Bantaba in Cyberspace". www.gambia.dk. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. 1 2 "Conversations on climate". Conversations on climate. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
  4. 1 2 3 "The Point". The Point . January 3, 2014. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  5. ↑ The hand of fate | WorldCat.org. OCLC   962492750.
  6. ↑ Harlem, Africa in (September 29, 2014). "Young Gambian filmmaker Ibrahim Ceesay raises awareness of cervical cancer". African Immigrants, African American New Yorkers in Harlem and Beyond.
  7. ↑ "Pressure Mounts on Gambia's President Over Worsening Human Rights Situation". April 23, 2016.
  8. ↑ Action (2017-12-01). ""Gambian activist wins humanitarian award"". YourCommonwealth. Retrieved 2025-12-14.
  9. ↑ "Gambia: Film-Maker Won 'Best Indigenous Film' in Washington D.C" – via AllAfrica.
  10. ↑ ""Gambian activist wins humanitarian award"". www.yourcommonwealth.org. December 1, 2017. Retrieved 2022-11-24.


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