Twasiima Bigirwa believes deeply in the power of our words, artistic expressions, and collective conjurings essential in the re-imagining of new ways of being in our modern times. She is on a journey to self express through her writings and artistic workings and remains curious as to what else wants to flow through her. She writes in english and runyankole.

Previously, Twasiima worked in and around international development funding the work of movements and organisations across Africa; mobilising and organising for policy change; and advocating for causes related to the material conditions of our lives. She continues to believe in the work of movements that exist on the peripheries of society as crucial to our collective liberation. Twasiima has a Bachelor of Law from Makerere University, Kampala – Uganda, and a Master of Laws from Georgetown University, Washington D.C.

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“I write because I am convinced that the steady way back to ourselves is through our stories. I believe deeply that to undo the kind of deliberate and wide spread erasure that we continue to experience as people whose cultures, languages, and points of view have been (and are still) distorted, we must write, sing, create and document in all the ways we know how. We do this work for those of us who are here; those who have passed from this realm who need us to carry forward the knowledge they share(d); and those who will soon come for they too are relying on us to shape the future. These are my offerings into the pot which we must all brew.” – 

Excerpt from ‘Author’s Note’, The Weavings of Life