Joseph Ben Kaifala is a Sierra Leonean author, lawyer, historian and human rights activist. He is currently serving as the new chairman for the Monuments and Relics Commission in Sierra Leone appointed in 2023 by President Julius Maada Bio.[1] Kaifala set up the non-profit Jeneba Project, with the aim of providing education for underprivileged girls in Sierra Leone and the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Liberia,[2] and also co-founded the Sierra Leone Memory Project to help communities to cope with and heal from past trauma.[3][4]