Dr. Joyce Nyairo is an independent researcher from Nairobi, Kenya – author of Kenya@50: Trends, Identities and the Politics of Belonging (2015) and one of the three editors of the recently released volume, Ten Cities – Clubbing in Nairobi, Cairo, Kyiv, Johannesburg, Naples, Berlin, Luanda, Lagos, Bristol, Lisbon 1960-March 2020.

With over 30 years experience teaching Literature and Popular Culture, Dr. Nyairo’s publications on a variety of popular and academic platforms examine cultural texts, contexts and their intertextualities. Her experience in funding and project management has contributed to bettering the conditions that are necessary for artistic and cultural creativity to thrive and furthering the work of cultural memory.