Published Work

I have written literary reviews & articles for different publications including The Guardian, Africa is a County, The Conversation Africa, Brittle Paper and the LA Review of Books.

My first book, Blood on the Page: Interviews with African Authors writing about HIV/AIDS, was published in 2010. 

Teaching profile

I teach World Literature at Richmond, the American University in London to undergraduates, and have taught at Goldsmith’s, Kings College London, SOAS and Rhodes University in South Africa.

You can read more on the About Me page.

Projects

I am currently engaged on various different projects including acting as UK Director at Short Story Day Africa, and the Co-Founder of the Safal Kiswahili Prize.

See all of my current projects here.

Prior to this I worked as the Director of the Caine Prize for African Writing for 7 years, and worked for 4 years at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency. See all of my past projects here.

Creative Writing

For some years I have been writing short stories for both posterity and fun — you can read a few of them in the creative writing section.