Speaking
I regularly speak at international conferences, cultural festivals, and academic events, where I moderate panel discussions and chair public conversations. My speaking engagements focus on African history, literature, cultural production, and the arts, and I am especially passionate about creating dialogues that connect diverse audiences and perspectives. I am available for panels, public talks, lectures, and moderation internationally. Please do get in touch if you’d like to collaborate on your next event.
A selection of some of my speaking engagements
Kampala Writes Literature Festival, Kampala (2025)
Panel chair, "Funding for the arts in times of shifting priorities: who gets left out?"
Writers in Dialogue with Susan Kiguli, Kampala (2024)
Chair for conversation with Susan Kiguli, hosted by African Writers Trust and Makerere University
African Studies Association, San Francisco (2023)
Presenter, "The story of a global city: Kampala in the 1960s"
Writers in Dialogue with Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, Kampala (2023)
Conversation chair on the topic "Breaking through the international publishing world as an African writer: myth or reality?", hosted by African Writers Trust and Goethe-Zentrum Kampala
Omek x Africadelic Summit, Amsterdam (2022)
Panel speaker, "African and Diaspora History: the narratives the world needs to know"
Edinburgh Centre for Global History, University of Edinburgh (2021)
Presenter, “Constructions of agency in Ugandan women’s journalism, 1960-1973”
University of Cambridge (2020)
Presenter, “Mixed-ish: Race and Class in 1950s and 1960s Kampala through the figure of Barbara Kimenye”
University of Nairobi (2020)
Presenter, “Student Writing and Mobility: How Publications by Students of the University of East Africa in the 1960s contributed to greater Regional Identifications”, UoN@50: History of Scholarship Trajectories a Half Century on
The European Conference on African Studies, Edinburgh (2019)
Presenter, “Female African students in European universities from the early 20th century to the present:
inclusive readings of history to decolonise the academy”
