Bio

Baker Batte is a doctoral student based at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. Batte is pursuing an Interdisciplinary PhD in Social Studies, majoring in political studies and minoring in political economy. Batte holds a Master of Philosophy Degree in Social Studies from Makerere University, a Master of Arts Degree in Journalism and Communication from Makerere University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication also from Makerere University. Batte has been a journalist working in Uganda and South Sudan for the last 14 years and has vast experience in the political and security spheres of these two countries, owing to the nature of stories that he has written over the years.

Batte’s areas of research interest include the state, the media, and the Muslim minority question. He is particularly interested in the relationship that the media has with the state, which in turn produces and reproduces a managed Muslim subject in a majority Christian state. Also, of interest to Batte is how this defined and redefined Muslim subject asserts their agency.