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
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​Kampala Writes Literature Festival, Kampala (2025)
Panel chair, "Funding for the arts in times of shifting priorities: who gets left out?"
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Writers in Dialogue with Susan Kiguli, Kampala (2024)
Chair for conversation with Susan Kiguli, hosted by African Writers Trust and Makerere University
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African Studies Association, San Francisco (2023)
Presenter, "The story of a global city: Kampala in the 1960s"
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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
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Omek x Africadelic Summit, Amsterdam (2022)
Panel speaker, "African and Diaspora History: the narratives the world needs to know"
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Edinburgh Centre for Global History, University of Edinburgh (2021)
Presenter, “Constructions of agency in Ugandan women’s journalism, 1960-1973”
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University of Cambridge (2020)
Presenter, “Mixed-ish: Race and Class in 1950s and 1960s Kampala through the figure of Barbara Kimenye”​
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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
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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”
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