Zaid Sekito is a Lecturer in the Department of History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies at Makerere University. He is a historian whose scholarship sits at the intersection of history, peace and conflict studies, terrorism, and human rights, with a strong regional focus on Uganda and the Great Lakes Region of Eastern Africa. His work critically examines the historical evolution of terrorism, violent extremism, and state security practices, situating these within broader global geopolitical narratives while foregrounding local experiences and agency.
His research places particular emphasis on human rights, youth agency, and community resilience, especially in fragile borderland contexts. Through his teaching, research, and supervision of graduate students, he contributes to interdisciplinary debates on conflict management, counter-terrorism, and peacebuilding. Zaid Sekito has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, edited volumes, and policy-oriented platforms, and has benefited from several prestigious research and postdoctoral fellowships. He remains actively engaged in collaborative research networks and academic capacity-building initiatives aimed at advancing evidence-based, human-centred approaches to security and peace in Africa.
Sekito, Zaid; Mafumbo, Charlotte Karungi; Muleterwa, Anatoli
Dora Bloch and the Politics of State Terrorism in Uganda Journal Article
In: Mawazo Journal, 2025, (Special Issue).
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Musamba, William; Sekito, Zaid
Epidemics and ethnic identity: the case of Busoga, Uganda, 1880s-1912 Journal Article
In: Makerere Historical Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2025.
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Nakaiza, Jaqueline; Mafumbo, Charlotte K.; Sekito, Zaid
African Union Forces Mandates and their Implications for the Fight Against Al-Shabaab in Somalia Journal Article
In: African Solutions (AfSol) Journal, 2025.
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Muhoozi, Christopher; Sekito, Zaid; Kannamwangi, Deogratius K.
Abazeeyi B’e Bama: Memory, Honor, and Compensation of Uganda’s World War II Ex Servicemen, 1945 to 2021 Book Section
In: Archiving, Memory and Method From the Global South, Makerere University Press, 2025, (Special Issue, Dec 2025).
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Sekito, Zaid; Mafumbo, Charlotte Karungi; Muleterwa, Anatoli
Dora Bloch and the Politics of State Terrorism in Uganda Journal Article
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Mafumbo, Charlotte; Okereke, C Nna-Emeka; Sekito, Zaid
State and Terrorist Threats in Uganda Book Section
In: Palgrave Handbook of Terrorism in Africa, pp. 249–273, Springer, 2025.
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State and Terrorist Threats in Uganda Book Section
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Muhoozi, Christopher; Sekito, Zaid; Kannamwangi, Deo K.
Abazeeyi B’eBama: Memory, Honour and Compensation of Uganda’s World War II Ex-Servicemen, 1945 to 2021 Book Section
In: Nabutanyi, Edgar Fred; Mwine, Anna Adah; Taylor, Edgar C.; Ahikire, Josephine; Mugumya, Levis; Khanakwa, Pamela (Ed.): Reading Archives, Memory and Method from Makerere University: Debates and Insights, pp. 93–111, Makerere University Press, Kampala, Uganda, 2025.
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Mafumbo, Charlotte; Nakaiza, Jacqueline; Sekito, Zaid
African Solutions to African Problems: Political Sloganeering or African Renaissance? Book Chapter
In: pp. 15-38, 2024, ISBN: 978-3-031-61744-7.
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