Choosing to be a digital nomad at that moment- exhausted, over-extended, a one-woman team carrying some of the heaviest research of my life- was not a retreat. It was resistance. It was joy, chosen deliberately & without apology, as an act of defiance against every structure that had demanded my brilliance without protecting my humanity. I stopped fighting. & I lived instead.

I am writing this after a conversation with a friend who had just completed her PhD...At one point, she gently described us as being in the in-between.

I can’t believe I really organised & conducted all of this – a three-year, multi-site research project across three countries on three continents, employing three methods. (Three is definitely my magic number, lol!) It’s amazing to see how my proposal, once just a collection of ideas & a plan, has truly come to life.

Since childhood, I have found joy in being surrounded by books.....to step into the role of writer-in-residence- not just anywhere, but at the Library of Africa & the African Diaspora (LOATAD)- is a dream come true.

Mis-Doctoring erases the years, effort & expertise behind a PhD. Why does it happen? Why does it matter? And how can we fix it?

The allure of the unknown has always captivated me, igniting a passion to explore lands that call out to me—often distant, but not always.