Dr John Bosco Ngendakurio was born in Burundi, a small country in East Africa, in 1980. He lived, studied, and worked in Norway until 2010 when he migrated to Australia.  In Norway, he published his first book, a semi-biography about the journey of Burundian refugees from Burundi to Norway via the refugee camps in Tanzania. This is a price-winning book, and it’s available in more than 300 libraries in Norway.

Dr Ngendakurio has completed a Bachelor of International Relations (IR), a Master of International Relations (MIR), a Master of Arts Research (MAR) and a PhD in International Law at Griffith University. His PhD thesis evaluated the impact of foreign aid on human security in Kenya. His master’s thesis examined the Legacies of the Congolese refugees’ journey for work market readiness in Logan.