Dr Ndiweteko Jennifer Nghishitende
Hi! I’m Jen, founder of African Women Writing (formerly African Queens’ Ink), a space I created to amplify the voices of African women and women of African descent and heritage. As a scholar, writer, and advocate for equity and human rights, my work centres on themes of identity, migration, belonging, Ubuntu, and Black joy.
I’m also a mother who loves reading, writing, good coffee, and long nature walks.
It’s truly lovely to have you here !Thank you for visiting, and I hope you leave inspired to pick up a book written by a woman of African descent or heritage.
Academic and Other Publications
Outside this blog, I am also an academic researcher. My work spans several topics, such as the lives of survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking, the lived experience of migration, asylum, motherhood, racism, decoloniality, intersectionality, liberation struggles, women’s contributions, and so much more. I am also interested in reviewing and critiquing laws and policies that impact people. These themes are usually heavy, so I also became interested in how people build resilience and how they heal. I am intrigued by community and community-making through the African Philosophy of Ubuntu. I am also interested in learning about and advocating for Black Joy, healing and loving.
PhD Thesis
“Freedom is a constant struggle”: Women’s journeys after modern slavery in the United Kingdom. Read it here.
Book Chapter
The resilience and resistance of survivor mothers… In Orton (Ed.), Gendered Perspectives of Restorative Justice, Violence, and Resilience. Emerald.
Journal Articles
- Nghishitende, N.J. (2022). Women and peacebuilding in Africa. Anthropology Southern Africa, 45(3). Read it here.
- Adan, A., Masamha, R., Hart, P. & Nghishitende, J. (2025). Seeking Epistemic Justice: Experiences of Agency, Power and Epistemic Disobedience Among Black African International Doctoral Students. Read it here.
- Nghishitende, N.J. (2025). Reflections on decoloniality and intersectionality: A conversation between Avtar Brah and Ndiweteko Jennifer Nghishitende. Journal of Postcolonial Writing. Read it here.
Policy & Practice Outputs
After Exploitation
Nghishitende, N.J. (2025, April 24). What does the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (BSAIB) mean for modern slavery survivors? Read it here.
Nghishitende, N.J. (2025, May 31). Data Use and Access Bill/Act (DUAB/DUAA): Impact on Survivors of Modern Slavery & Trafficking. Read it here.
Esslemont, M., Hutchison, K. & Nghishitende, N.J. (2025). Written Evidence submitted by After Exploitation (VAWG0059).
UK Parliament Home Affairs Committee. Read it here.
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