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Dr Anna Adima

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Writer | Researcher | Educator @durhamuniversity
Arts & culture in East Africa
PhD in East African history & literature
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This Ugandan fashion label made it to the Barbican. And that’s the least impressive thing they’ve done. 🇺🇬

This week’s feature is a beautiful, heartening story of community-building in another part of the world, as well as an insight into how luxury is being built in Africa - and how that’s being received here.

After our August break from publishing, we’re thrilled to be back with this brilliant feature about @buzigahill.official penned by @anna.adima💥

Full article via link in bio. by @anna.adima

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What a joy to be in conversation with Professor @chikaunigweauthor about her books, writing craft and African literature generally!
You were an absolute dream, @klawriteslitfest - thank you so much for a weekend of books, good conversations and more books 💛📚

📷 @josh_dago__ taken in National Theatre of Uganda by @anna.adima

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I’m excited to be presenting at the @makererechussoffical Department of History and Archaeology this Wednesday, 2 September. Please join if you’re interested in East African history, literature and diversifying research methodologies!
In-person and via Zoom - all the details on the poster. by @anna.adima

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An opening conversation on craft and the journey of a writing life with our keynote guest @chikaunigweauthor and @anna.adima. Shifting from the tradition of speeches, this keynote is structured as a dialogue, allowing the conversation to move where the two speakers take it.

It is the perfect start to the festival's literary programming, built, among others, around Chika Unigwe’s story of what it means to sustain a writing practice over time.

Don't miss this session because it marks the start of the amazing three day festival.

📍 National Theatre
📆28th August
⏰3pm by @anna.adima

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On Tuesday 4th August, 32° East held the Ecotonal Readings Convening: Library, Landscape, and Sustainable Futures supported by Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation @gasfoundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation @yinkashonibarefoundation

Dr. Anna Adima led a presentation on the history of sustainable art practices in the region highlighting how local cultures of making were passed on through apprenticeships and how this reframes notions of sustainability.

Artist and printmaker Kajebe Jacob Joshua then led a practical workshop on sustainable print making practices focusing on clay, barkcloth and Compresssed Earth Bricks as both printing mediums and surfaces.

Ecotonal Readings drew from ‘ecotones’, a term that describes a transitional zone between distinct ecosystems, positing the 32° East library and climate conscious building as active ‘edges’ or ecological thresholds where knowledge, materials, and communities intersect and human, architectural, and environmental archives interact.

The event was part of The AAL Lab Convenings which brings together a network of libraries, publishers, archives, and wider audiences. The series of convenings forms part of Re:assemblages, a programme hosted by @gasfoundation and @yinkashonibarefoundation and curated by Naima Hassan.

The AAL convening series is made possible through the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art

📸: @ethelaanyu88 taken in 32º East | Ugandan Arts Trust by @anna.adima

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Join us from 2PM on Tuesday 4th August for the Ecotonal Readings Convening: Library, Landscape, and Sustainable Futures supported by Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation @gasfoundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation @yinkashonibarefoundation

Drawing on ‘ecotones’, a term that describes a transitional zone between distinct ecosystems, Ecotonal Readings posits the 32° East library and climate conscious building as active ‘edges’ or ecological thresholds where knowledge, materials, and communities intersect and human, architectural, and environmental archives interact.

Dr. Anna Adima will lead a presentation on the history of sustainable art practices in the region based on research done in the #32Library, after which artist and printmaker Kajebe Jacob Joshua will lead a workshop on sustainable print making practices.

This session is useful to you if you are an artist interested in printmaking or in sustainable art
practices. You can register for 1 of 20 spots at 32east.org/ERsignup #linkinbio

This event is part of The AAL Lab Convenings which brings together a network of libraries, publishers, archives, and wider audiences. The series forms part of Re:assemblages, a programme hosted by @gasfoundation and @yinkashonibarefoundation and curated by Naima Hassan.

The AAL convening series is made possible through the generous support of the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Dr Anna Adima @anna.adima is a writer, researcher and educator whose work explores the histories, literatures and creative cultures of East Africa. Currently a Lecturer in Modern African History at Durham University, she has previously worked in Uganda as a journalist and in the cultural sector. She holds a PhD in East African history and literature.

Kajebe Jacob Joshua @kajebe_jacob_joshua is a Ugandan interdisciplinary artist, curator, and cultural practitioner. His work explores relationships through printmaking, barkcloth, textiles, painting, installation, and socially engaged practice. Drawing from Ugandan cultural knowledge and everyday acts of making, he investigates how art can connect people with memory, community, and place. Alongside his studio practice, he curates exhibitions taken in 32º East | Ugandan Arts Trust by @anna.adima

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I‘m thrilled to see my review of Derek Peterson‘s excellent work, A Popular History of Idi Amin‘s Uganda, published with The Round Table. There’s lots of great things to say about the book, but what I found particularly compelling was how Peterson explored the everydayness of Amin‘s regime, and his ability to get Ugandans all over the country to participate in and entrench his dictatorship. The rich historical descriptions are based on 15(!!) years archival research, bringing this period of Ugandan history - in all its horrors and contradictions - to new life.

I highly recommend this book (and swipe for how I spent most of my time reading it over the Christmas break!) 📚

Link in bio, or DM if you’d like a PDF! by @anna.adima

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The Mbale Sports Club is another relic of Uganda‘s colonial past. A century ago, it was a little slice of Britain for colonial officials and expatriates living in the east of the country - complete with a billiard table imported from London in the 1920s and an honours board with the names of (white British) club sports champions.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t get any photos of these relics, but swipe for the real showstopper: beautiful Mount Elgon towering over the Mbale golf course.
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#ugandanhistory #eastafricanhistory taken in Mbale, Uganda by @anna.adima

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I was delighted to write my review of Sarah Bellows-Blakeley’s “Girl Power? A History of Girl-Focused Development from Nairobi” for H-NET.

The book offers a powerful look at how knowledge is silenced within Kenya’s NGO sector, both in everyday practice and in the broader production of history. It’s a sharp, compelling account that places women’s experiences at the center of the rise of the NGO landscape in 1980s Kenya. I found it so insightful that I assigned it to my students. 📚

If this is your area of interest, I can’t recommend it enough.
Link in bio, as per. by @anna.adima

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10 months ago

Home 💛🇺🇬 taken in Kampala, Uganda by @anna.adima

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The English version of my piece for @kulturaustausch.magazine is finally out!

I had the joy of writing about the incredible women shaping Uganda’s cultural scene - their creativity, their courage, and the challenges they face along the way.
Huge thanks to @martha_kazungu, @lilianmaxmillian, Aganza Kisaka, and Goretti Kyomuhendo for sharing your stories - your work continues to inspire me (and so many others)!

As usual, link in bio ✍🏾 by @anna.adima

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