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Cow Economy: Reconstituting the Balalo Cow Economy Debate
(RM Transitional Communities Research Discussion Paper Series., 2023-04-01)Drawing from the current debate on nomadic pastoralists, particularly on the Balalo, we observe that the bigger problem is that, the Balalo and the nomadic pastoralists’ cow economy, are not able to articulate the ... -
Imagining futures/future imaginings: creative heritage work with young people in Uganda
(Journal of the British Academy, 2023-11-02)Drawing on research in Uganda, we describe our project in which we invited young people to think about their lives in ways that opened up creative and hopeful imaginaries of the future. We understand future imaginary ... -
Dealing with COVID-19 in Africa - Culture and homegrown approach, social enterprises, human rights, and country-related issues
(Research at the University of York St John, 2020-07)The securitisation theory has been used variably to explain global affairs. However, in securitisation literature, the ‘audience’ remains under-researched, often treated as passive and without agency. The Coronavirus, which ... -
Returning to the world of ancestors’: death and dying among the Acholi of Northern Uganda, 1900s–1980s
(Routledge, 2022)The encounters between Acholi and Europeans, beginning in 1904 with the settlement of the Church Missionary Society in Acholiland, had a profound impact on the people. Scholars have long examined the impact of these ... -
Crafting forgiveness accounts after war Editing for effect in northern Uganda
(RAI, 2014-08)After two decades of conflict and internment in camps for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), the Acholi people have returned to their homes and are trying to heal their wounds after the long war in northern Uganda. Bilateral ... -
I Forgive to Forget”: Implications for Community Rest get”: Implications for Community Restoration and Unity in Northern Uganda
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The hard work of reparative futures: Exploring the potential of creative and convivial practices in post-conflict Uganda
(Elsevier, 2023)In this paper we empirically explore the ways in which young people were enroled in a multimodal exhibition to creatively produce narratives of their past, presents and futures. We look at the different ways this work ... -
The ‘Intimate Governance’ of Land in Northern Uganda
(Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2022)After the war in northern Uganda, conflicts over land became pervasive. Families, clans, and neighbours often relate through tensions and contradictions over customary land and how it is governed. This article discusses ... -
Two marriages, two speeds: Disruptions and connections in post-conflict Gulu cityscape
(Journal of Sociology and Development, 2021-12-15)Drawing from urban studies and conflict studies with specific focus on transitional justice sphere of return and reintegration, the paper elaborates on the existing complex disruptions and connections in coupling among ... -
The gendered postconflict city: Possibilities for more livable urban transformations in Gulu, northern Uganda
(Journal of Urban Affairs, 2022-08-10)Scholars acknowledge that postconflict urbanism is undertheorized and underdeveloped for practical governance or sustainable urban management, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, which has unfortunately experienced ... -
Tenywa Aloysius Malagala
(Taylor & Francis, 2009-09-18)Health is a fundamental human right that has great impact on the full realisation of other human rights including economic rights. In order to promote the health of the people and to increase the productivity of the ... -
COVID-19 Prevention Measures: Impact Stories and Lived Experiences of Uganda-based Refugees
(Vienna Journal of African Studies, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic is making new demands on society to become more aware of humanity’s oneness and collective vulnerability. The disease has instigated a catalogue of health communication initiatives focused on prevention ...