Isaac Tibasiima is a lecturer in the Department of Literature. He is also a Research Fellow in the Department of English at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He holds a PhD, MA in Literature and a Bachelor’s degree in Language Education. He joined the Department of Literature in 2016 after teaching at Uganda Martyrs University in the Department of Languages and in the Ugandan secondary school system. He teaches courses on Orature, literary communication, the novel and area studies (specifically South African and American Literature). He is a recipient of the Mak-NUFU Doctoral Scholarship and the ACLS/AHP Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Dr Tibasiima is currently conducting research in academic writing practices at Makerere University. He conducts reviews for the Journal of Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, Critical African Studies, and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies. He is interested in representations of the Ugandan state in popular literatures. His research interests include Postcolonial Studies, Performance Studies, Orature Studies and African Literatures. He invites students interested in these areas for graduate research.
Ugandan Columnists and the Scrutiny of the Ugandan Political Class in the Interregnum Book Section
In: Reading Archives, Memory and Method from Makerere University: Debates and Insights, pp. 23–40, Makerere University Press, Kampala, Uganda, 2025.
Writing Centres as Student Support Hubs Book Section
In: State, A. E.; others, (Ed.): Reclaiming Learning: Pedagogical Struggles and Innovations in Higher Education in Uganda, pp. 79–105, Fountain Publishers, Kampala, Uganda, 2025.
#TextTheThief and the Era of Subtle Violence on Ugandan Social Media Platforms: A Case of X Book Chapter
In: Trauma in the Age of Social Media in Sub Saharan Africa, pp. 13–32, Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025, ISBN: 9783031955082.
Seeing is believing: Idi Amin’s Identity Through the Camera Lens – Revisiting 1970s unpublished photographs Book Chapter
In: Ahikire, Josephine; Nabutanyi, Edgar Fred; Isaac, Tibasiima (Ed.): pp. 199-221, Kampala. Fountain Publishers, Jua Kali Discourses. Reflections on the Banal and Profound in Regional Debates, 2024.
Langaa RPCIG, 2024, ISBN: 9789956554010.
Makerere's Century of Service To East Africa And Beyond 1922 – 2022 Book
2024, ISBN: 978-9913-603-03-4, ([Accessed 26-06-2025]).
The Fundamentals of Lekongho: A Language Spoken by Nkongho-Mbo People of Southwest Region of Cameroon Book
African Books Collective, 2024.
A Grandmother Who Never Tires: The English Department and 'Her' Offsprings in Makerere University Book Section
In: Makerere's Century of Service to East Africa and Beyond, 1922–2022, pp. 217–226, Makerere University Press, Kampala, Uganda, 2024.
“They Did and Taught:” An Audit of the Literary Creative and Criticism Careers of Selected Makerere University Alumni Journal Article
In: Mawazo, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 7–22, 2024.
Reflections of ageing among older adults in a Ugandan community: A qualitative analysis into the benefits and pains of ageing Journal Article
In: Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 171, 2023.
A Peripheral Archive or a Discursive Platform of Post-Colonial Uganda? Historicising Trauma in Penpoint Book Section
In: Ahikire, Josephine; Mugumya, Levis; Nabutanyi, Edgar Fred; Atekyereza, Peter (Ed.): Historicising the Humanities at Makerere: Trends, Patterns and Prospects, Fountain Publishers, Kampala, 2022.
Heed My Voice: Children's Song in the Wake of Child Sacrifice Journal Article
In: Matatu: Journal for African Culture and Society, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 201–216, 2013.
Marriage, Family and Praise Poetry in Toro Society Book Section
In: Dipio, Dominica; Johannessen, Lene; Sillars, Stuart (Ed.): Performing Change: Identity, Ownership and Tradition in Ugandan Oral Culture, pp. 121–143, Novus Press, Oslo, 2009.
The Concept of Power in the Praise Poetry of the Batooro Book Section
In: Dipio, Dominica; Johannessen, Lena; Sillars, Stuart (Ed.): Performing Community, pp. 35–51, Norvus Press, Norway, 2008.