Nalule's Travels and Adventures: Writing for Survivors in Africa

This is a fascinating autobiography of a feminist, activist and researcher
who acted against atrocities and abuses of conflict survivors of sexual and
gender-based violence (SGBV) and torture to aim to improve survivors’
rights to health, care, and justice internationally.
Helen’s early life of disruption and family separation, led to a passion for
advocating for the rights of those who were mistreated. The first musical
trip to Uganda shaped Helen’s life and she developed a love for Africa,
her people, and the traditional music. You will be enchanted by various
traditional musical stories. Helen’s travels took her to some of the most
beautiful places in the world including African deserts and mountains and
waterfalls in Latin America and Africa.
Helen’s professional life straddled two different worlds; that of academia
and health care services in the United Kingdom, as well as conflict survivors
of gender-based violence and torture in Africa, including refugee survivors.
Helen’s PhD in Women and Gender led to a greater political and humane
passion for women’s and survivors’ rights, particularly in the African
continent. As well as being awarded with the Phil Strong prize for her PhD,
she was presented with a research prize in Johannesburg in 2009 for an
outstanding research presentation on her collaborative work with Women’s
International Peace Centre in Uganda together with Liberian African
women’s organisations on Liberian women conflict survivors.
The human rights abuses Helen listened to in conflict-affected countries
sharpened her resolve to continue this work after her PhD and she travelled
to different African Countries including Eastern Democratic Republic of
Congo, to highlight the experiences of survivors of human rights abuses.
Helen vividly recalls how these experiences influenced her decision to work
with refugee survivors of SGBV and torture from South Sudan who were
living in refugee settlements in Northern Uganda. Helen also assisted to
establish a refugee well-being service in the UK and is implementing her
integrated model of service provision for urban refugees in Kampala.
The final chapter details Helen’s current life, including the impact of
COVID, discovering a love for wild swimming and hopes for the future.
Fascinating, emotional, and uplifting; Nalule’s Travels and Adventures:
The Power of Writing for Survivors in Africa, is a captivating narrative of
hardship, resilience, and triumph against the odds, told with passion and
clarity by a woman who never gave up