Amanda Tumusiime

Amanda Tumusiime
Born
Kaharo-kabale
CitizenshipUganda
EducationMakerere University
OccupationArtist

Amanda Tumusiime also known as Amanda Evassy Tumusiime (born in 1973) is a Ugandan Researcher, feminist, activist, art historian, and associate professor in the department of visual communication and multimedia at Makerere University.[1]

Background

Amanda Tumusiime was born in Kaharo, Kabale district in Uganda.[1]

Education

She attended Comboni Missionary School in Rukungiri and later Mary Hill Highschool in Mbarara where she represented the Red Cross Society in the Red Crescent Movement Youth Expo in Seville, Spain.[2] Tumusiime holds a doctorate of Literature and Philosophy in History of Art from the University of South Africa, a master's and bachelor's degree in industrial and Fine Arts from Makerere University, Master's in Arts from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in the department of Art History.[3]

Career

Tumusiime was the dean of the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art (MTSIFIA) and Head of the Department of Sculpture and Drawing (2010–2011) as well as Head of the Department of Visual, Communication, Design and Multimedia (20202-2022) Makerere University.[1][4][5]

Tumusiime is a painter, art historian, and associate professor in the Department of visual communication Design, Art and Multimedia. She is a senior Research Associate at Rhodes University's Department of Fine Arts in South Africa.[3] She uses her art to contribute to women's empowerment and emancipation.[2][6][7]

Awards won

Tumusiime received numerous awards and grants, including the African Studies Association as ASA Presidential Fellowship hosted at Princeton University, a Fulbright Scholarship, and received twice postgraduate merit award from the University of the Witwatersrand.[7]

She is also a fellow of the Carnegie Next Generation of African Academics.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Isemaghendera, Alex (2022-10-19). "Assoc. Prof. Amanda Tumusiime takes over the office of Dean at MTSIFA". Makerere University News. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  2. ^ a b "Tumusiime taking emancipation to the canvas". New Vision. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  3. ^ a b "Dr Amanda Tumusiime". www.ru.ac.za. 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2025-03-23.
  4. ^ "Amanda Tumusiime". ACLS. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  5. ^ a b Atukunda, Rogers (2022-10-02). "Prof Amanda Tumusiime Appointed Dean of Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art". SoftPower News. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  6. ^ ""My love for Grahamstown shines through my artwork"". www.ru.ac.za. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  7. ^ a b "She paints the pain of the girl-child on canvas". Monitor. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
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