I am a writer and historian specialising in Southern African empires, environments, and racial capitalism. Whether through archival documents, oral traditions, or the collective memory of drought, I am interested in tracing how communities and environments have shaped each other, and remade the world.

I am a Senior lecturer in the History Department at the University of Zululand in South Africa. Understanding how and why histories of imperialism and colonialism continue to shape the present is a central concern of my research and teaching.