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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"Children’s book revolution: how East African women took on colonialism after independence", The Conversation (May 2023)
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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)
Panels and Public Speaking
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)
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
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
Film and Television
We Are Not The Machine (2022)
Historical consultant to Kenyan film and television production company We Are Not The Machine
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
Film Africa (November 2018)
Marketing and Social Media Intern for Film Africa, the Royal African Society's bi-annual African film festival