Isaac Tibasiima

Tibasiima, Isaac holds a PhD in Literature from Makerere University where he serves as a lecturer in the Department of Literature. His research interests include folklore studies, performance studies, postcolonial studies and African literatures. He is interested in the intersection between contemporary performance and the performance of the nation. He has been involved in research projects on psychosocial narratives of students at Makerere University, adaptation of folktales into film texts and is currently working on projects on social media activism in Ugandan spaces, and using web-based technologies to support academic writing. Isaac Tibasiima is an ACLS/AHP Fellow. He teaches courses on literary communication, oral literature research and Area Studies in Literature.