2012
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf
Co-Founder and Publishing Director
Cassava Republic Press
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf is Co-Founder and Publishing Director of one of Africa's leading publishing houses, Cassava Republic Press, and is Co-Founder of Tapestry Consulting, a boutique research and training company based in Abuja focused on gender, sexuality, and transformational issues in Nigeria.
Bibi has worked as a gender and research consultant in the public, private, and development sectors for the BBC, UniFem, ActionAid, eShekels, Central Bank of Nigeria, the European Union, and others. She sits on the editorial board of a number of influential journals and is the chair of board for The Initiative for Equal Rights, the largest organization in West Africa devoted to LGBTQ issues.
The 2012 World Fellows
The 2012 World Fellows include an executive with China Construction Bank; a British military officer who served in command and staff appointments in Afghanistan; an Algerian private equity entrepreneur; a former Argentine minister of economy; and a women’s empowerment activist in India. “We are thrilled once again to welcome an outstanding group of World Fellows to Yale,” said Dr. Michael Cappello, director of the program and professor of pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine. “The 2012 fellows were selected from a global pool representing thousands of innovative difference makers. We are proud to offer them this unique opportunity to develop their leadership skills while enriching the Yale community through active...Read More
