Prof Philippe Ntahombaye is a Lecturer at the University of Burundi and a member of the Burundi University Scientific Council. He has occupied many administrative and academic positions including the Dean of The Faculty, Director of Research, and currently UNESCO chair for Education for Peace and Peaceful Conflict Resolution. As a Linguist and Anthropologist, he published many articles on the Burundi language and culture as well as supervised many works on culture and peaceful conflict resolution.