Utah State University

Sauda
Nabukenya

I am a legal and social historian of modern Africa. My research recovers how ordinary Ugandans reasoned about justice, truth, and peace through vernacular courts, drawing on over 150,000 court records I discovered and helped preserve in Uganda.

150,000+
Court records discovered
and catalogued
1900–95
Nearly a century of
legal proceedings
2
Major archives
transferred
Dr. Sauda Nabukenya
Archival Recovery
150,000 Court Records
The largest legal archive in sub-Saharan Africa, discovered, catalogued, and transferred to the Uganda National Archives.
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Research
Legal History, Criminal Justice, and AI
African legal history, vernacular court records, mass incarceration, and the intersection of archives and artificial intelligence.
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Teaching
Africa at the Center
Courses in African history, comparative legal history, and historical research methods.
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