FELLOW 2024/25
Tabitha Naisiko is specialized in cultural anthropology and African studies. She has been a lecturer in the Department of Development studies at Makerere University in Uganda since 2012. Prior to that, she held teaching positions in Queen of Apostles Philosophy Centre, Jinja and at Uganda Martyrs University. She worked as a research coordinator of the African Research and Documentation Centre at Uganda Martyrs University from 2003 to 2011 and research officer in the Cultural Research Centre, Jinja. In the years 2009–2011, she was a researcher on the Promoting Pluralism Knowledge Programme, a tri-continental project that was concurrently run in the Netherlands, Uganda, and Indonesia. She teaches a module about “Managing Diversity in Uganda” at the Young Leaders Forum, sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- “Anthropological Critique and the Karamoja Question: Reflections on the Post Disarmament Livelihood Sources and Gender Disparities in the North East Region of Uganda”. East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion 7, no. 1 (2024): 63–79. https://doi.org/10.37284/eajtcr.7.1.2034.
- “The Paradox of Love and Violence against Women in Families: A Loophole in the Agents of Socialization?” East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion 5, no. 2 (2022): 12–23. https://journals.eanso.org/index.php/eajtcr/article/view/611.
- “An Anthropological Discourse to Christian Views on Polygamy and Plural Relationships in Uganda”. East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion 4, no. 1 (2021): 8–15. https://doi.org/10.37284/eajtcr.4.1.458.
- “Family Governance and Other Dilemmas of Biomedical Ethics in Reproductive Health in Uganda”. East African Social Science Research Review 37, no. 2 (2020): 1–17. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/eassrr/article/view/198120.
- Ritual and Human Development: An Exploration of the Experiences of the Sabiny of Eastern Uganda on Rites of Initiation to Adulthood. Lambert Academic Publishing, 2016.
- “Conserving the Environment through Traditional African Religion (TAR): Reflections on a Visit to Three Sacred Spaces in Mayuge District of Uganda”. In African Spirituality: Facts, Meaning and Values, edited by Thomas Kochalumchuvattil, ATC Publications, 2016.
