Bio
Tammy Wilks is a scholar of religions in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Her research examines the narratives and practices how religious communities in Nairobi, Kenya invent and employ to navigate the dynamics of an urban city. She is a lead researcher on the joint four-year (2024-2028) project between ACC and University of Copenhagen entitled ‘CLAIMS to Energy Citizenship’. Tammy holds a PhD: Study of Religions from UCT.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
2022. ‘Coexisting in Color’, Material Religion. 18(2): 278-281.
2017. With Ukah, A., ‘Peter Berger, The Sacred Canopy and Theorising the African Religious
Context,’ Journal for the American Academy of Religion. 85(4): 1147-1154.
Book Chapters
2022. ‘Bypassing the Bulldozer: The Materiality of State Violence on Religion in Kibera, Nairobi,’ in van Liere, L. and Meimena, E. eds. Material Perspectives on Religion, Conflict, and Violence: Things of Conflict. Brill. 73-93.
Book Reviews
2020. ‘Heritage Formation and the Senses in Post-apartheid South Africa: Aesthetics of Power by Jethro, D.’ Material Religion, 16(4).1-3.
2019. ‘Taking Offense: Religion, Art, and Visual Culture in Plural Configurations by Kruse, C., Meyer, B., and Korte, A. (eds.)’ Journal for the Study of Religion. 32(1). 1-3.
2017. ‘Regarding Muslims: From Slavery to Postapartheid by Gabeba Baderoon,’ Journal for
Gender and Religion in Africa. 23(2). 164-166.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
2020. With Kiguru, D., 30 June 2020. What Does It Mean To Be African in a Post-Apartheid
Academy? Africa is a Country.
Works in Progress
Higgs, E. T., and Wilks, T., ‘Making Memory Matter: Understanding Religious Subjects and
Subjectivities in Kenya and South Africa,’ Material Religion. (Revise and resubmit).
Wilks, T. ‘Kenyan-Nubians and Resilience ‘From Below’,’ American History Review. (Revise and resubmit).
Wilks, T. and Scharnick-Udemans, L.S. ‘Critical Concepts for the Study of Religion(s) in South Africa,’ Indigenous Religion Journal. (In progress).
