Postcolonial & Black British Literary Studies
Black British and contemporary literature read through postcolonial theory, with attention to how literature illuminates the relationship between historical power structures and contemporary crises
About
A bridge between disciplines and continents
Linda Muloh Munki is an academic and researcher working at the intersections of postcolonial and Black British studies, power structures, gender (and intersecting forms of oppression), digital humanities, and AI. Her work explores how literature, lived experience, and emerging technologies can deepen our understanding of social inequalities and contribute to meaningful knowledge exchange and human capacity development
Her interdisciplinary approach connects close reading with questions of gender, intersectionality, and social precarity, and with digital methods that open new ways of working with texts and archives.
With an international outlook shaped by research across Africa and Europe, she is committed to knowledge exchange that is reciprocal, practical, and rooted in the communities it concerns.
November 2024–present Senior Lecturer, University of Yaoundé I
Research
Areas of inquiry
Gender, Intersectionality & Precarity
How gender intersects with other forms of oppression to shape vulnerability, and how literature records and resists it.
Digital Humanities & AI
Exploring digital methods and the responsible, critically informed use of artificial intelligence in humanities research.
German–African Collaboration & Capacity Development
Building research partnerships and human capacity between German and African institutions, grounded in mutual exchange.
Featured projects
Practical extensions of one mission: turning knowledge into capacity, capacity into opportunity, and opportunity into lasting change.
Ongoing research
Narrating Gendered Precarity: Conflict, Displacement, and Literary Testimonies in the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon
This project examines how the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon reshapes gendered experiences of precarity and displacement, and the strategies people develop to cope, endure, and rebuild.
Planned work
- Analysis of literary and cultural representations of the crisis
- Attention to women's experiences of displacement and survival
- Development of an intersectional framework for precarity
Findings
No findings have been published yet. Results will be shared here as the research progresses.
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Pulsity — Developing Mefenza, an AI-Powered Personal Economic Strategist
Pulsity is an emerging initiative exploring how AI can help people understand, develop, and maximise their professional and economic potential. Its central project, Mefenza, aims to create an AI-powered personal economic engine that connects an individual's skills, experience, networks, time, opportunities, and ambitions to actionable pathways for growth.
The project sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, human capacity development, digital innovation, and inclusive economic opportunity. It reflects my broader interest in how technology and knowledge can expand human potential.
Fellowships
Fellowships & affiliations
DAAD Research Fellowship
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
DAAD GROW Research Scholarship Programme Line 2
September 2026
Research Stay
University of Bayreuth, Germany
Institute of African Studies
September 2026
Scholarship
Publications
Journal Articles
- “Women’s struggle for self-definition in Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other and Edna O’Brien’s Girl”. INSTRUCTOR: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal of Pedagogy, Humanities and Social Studies, Vol 2, No 1, 2024, pp. 331–358.
- “The Postmodern Woman as a Complex Multifaceted Subject: Protean Identities in Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other”. Multidisciplinary International Journal (MIJ), Vol. 10, 2024, pp. 18–26.
- “The Female Subject in a Multicultural Context: Intersectional Reading of Bernardine Evaristo’s The Emperor’s Babe and Girl, Woman, Other”. Journal of English Language, Literature, and Culture, 7(1), 2024, pp. 17–28.
- “Gender Performances and the Dynamics of Identity Construction in Edna O’Brien’s House of Splendid Isolation and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other”. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), Vol. 60, No 2, 2021, pp. 57–72.
Public engagement
Research for wider audiences
Essays, talks, interviews, and videos will be shared here as they become available.
Essays
Accessible writing on literature, gender, and society.
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Talks
Lectures, panels, and public conversations.
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Interviews
Conversations with media and podcasts.
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Video
Short research explainers for wider audiences.
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Collaboration
Let's build knowledge together
I welcome conversations with universities, researchers, research centres, funders, and organisations working on literary studies, gender, AI and digital humanities, and German–African partnerships.
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