I am a writer and scholar from Johannesburg, South Africa. I hold a PhD in African Studies from the University of Basel, and am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the History Department at Princeton University.
I also work on projects related to youth, work and climate change at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), South Africa's national social science council, such as The African Youth Livelihoods Virtual Museum and the u’GOOD research programme on young people and relational wellbeing.
I have held fellowships at the University of Edinburgh, University of Cape Town and Zurich University of the Arts and contribute to cultural programming at the Kunstmuseum Basel.
My articles, arts criticism and short stories have appeared in numerous publications, and I am a co-editor of Lost Libraries, Burnt Archives (2023).