Media and Events

WRITER IN THE NEWS

 

SELECTED EVENTS

2024

    • October: BOOK DEAL! My memoir, The Lies We Tell for America, acquired in a pre-empt deal by Flatiron Books, and forthcoming in Fall 2026
    • March: Presenting a lecture, “Rereading Okot p’Bitek in Contemporary Africa” at the Institute of African Development, Cornell University
    • September: Performing “This God is Female” and a panel on translations

2022

    • September: Poetry in the Galleries at Sheldon Museum, Lincoln-Nebraska
    • September: No Name Reading Series at Bailey Library, Lincoln-Nebraska
    • June: Interval Reading Series at KGB Bar, New York City
    • April: Rebirth: A Poetry & Music Recital at the Hudson Park Library, New York City
    • March: Anyone’s Muse: Conversation and Poetry Reading by Women Writers from the Global South (online)

2021

    • November: Echoes of Home at the Kampala International Theatre Festival, Kampala (online)
    • October: Echoes of Home: A Poetry and Music Performance in New York City at The Bitter End.
    • April: Class visit, University of North Carolina, discussing required text, A Nation in Labour
    • March: Poetry recital at the World Poetry Day (POESIA 21)

2020

    • December: Reciting poems at the South Feminist Futures Festival
    • October: Class visit, University of North Carolina, discussing required text, A Nation in Labour
    • October: Discussing, Poetry and the Public Voice, during FEMRITE Week of Literary Activities.
    • October: Facilitating the workshop, What Makes a Poem Memorable, during the FEMRITE Week of Literary Activities.
    • April: Class visit, University of North Carolina, discussing required text, A Nation in Labour

 2019

    • September: Presenting, East Africa’s Literary Landscape: The Strides & Gaps during the British Council Scotland Sub-Saharan Africa Sector Briefing, Edinburgh, Scotland.
    • September: Facilitating the workshop, Applying Art to the Hurt, by the Photo Museum of Antwerp and the University of Antwerp.
    • August: Performing Footprints of Memory, a poetry production at the National Theatre, Kampala
    • August: Poetry Recital at the Uganda Feminist Forum, Jinja.
    • June: Performing, Footprints of Memory, a Poetry production at the National Theatre, Kampala
    • June: Facilitating Writing War and Peace for South Sudanese Refugees, by FEMRITE and Oxfam.
    • May: Facilitating the workshop, Using Art for Social Change, by FEMRITE and Artvism.
    • May: Presenting My Writing Journey: Overcoming Publishing Barriers by FEMRITE and ArtVism
    • March: Presenting Life After University and How Women Navigate the Workplace, Makerere University School of Women and Gender Studies Women’s Month.

 2017

    • November: Poetry performance at the launch of publication marking five years of Uganda Photo Press Association, Kampala, Uganda

 2016

    • July: Poetry Performance at Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Throwback Social event
    • April: Performing I Bow for My Boobs, a solo poetry performance at the Writivism Festival, Uganda Museum, Kampala.

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