Media
A selection of some of the articles I have written and media projects I have been involved with. I enjoy finding ways to explore East African history creatively. If you feel I maybe a good fit for a project you have in mind, please do get in touch.
Blog posts and articles
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“Will Africa be included in a global history of Covid-19?”, History Journal (June 2021)
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“Creative Writing, Women’s Lives, and East African History”, History Workshop Online (March 2021)
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“Literature, Music and Fashion: Cosmopolitan Kampala in the 1960s”, Scottish Centre for Global History Blog (October 2020)
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“Where were the women? East African writing and the 1962 Makerere Conference”, Africa in Words (August 2020)
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“Stay home and go to the museum”, African Arguments (May 2020)
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“Barbara Kimenye: One of East Africa's most prolific children’s writers”, Another World? East Africa and the Global 1960s (2020)
Editing
I currently work as Editorial Assistant with Guernica, a magazine for global arts and politics.
Panels and Public Speaking
Omek x Africadelic Summit, Amsterdam (2022)
Speaker on the panel "African and Diaspora History: the narratives the world needs to know" at the Africa Day cultural festival
Podcasts
Scottish Centre for Global History podcast (January-June 2021)
I was a host for the University of Dundee's SCGH podcast, in regular conversation with academics and public historians about their work and research​
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Dar to Dunoon Conversations (June 2021)
Guest on the podcast Dar to Dunoon conversations, accompanying the exhibition Dar to Dunoon: Modern African Art from the Argyll Collection
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Film and Television
We Are Not The Machine (2022)
Historical consultant to Kenyan film and television production company We Are Not The Machine
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Britain's Forgotten Wars with Tony Robinson (October 2021)
Historical expert on the episode 'Mau Mau: Rage Against the Regime' of the documentary series Britain's Forgotten Wars with Tony Robinson
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Film Africa (November 2018)
Marketing and Social Media Intern for Film Africa, the Royal African Society's bi-annual African film festival