Links to radio, TV and newspaper interviews, podcasts and webinars
My name is Charlotte Beauvoisin AKA Nagawa, writer of Diary of a Muzungu. If you’re wondering “what on earth is she doing in Uganda?” this page might answer a couple of questions. Scroll down for a few highlights.
Launched in 2024, the East Africa Travel Podcast by Diary of a Muzungu features conversations with a long list of interesting experts and travelers. Listen – or read the transcripts – here or on your favourite podcast app.
Woman Magazine | Woman&Home Magazine, UK
“Approaching Entebbe Airport, bright orange sunshine filled the plane. I felt like the sun was rising over Africa and my new life. I was a little nervous and very excited.
In London, I had a corporate job and a long-term relationship, but the end of the relationship reignited my dream of visiting Africa. VSO was a passport to an incredible life.
I didn’t know anything about Uganda beyond Idi Amin, Lake Victoria and mountain gorillas, but I had a feeling I might stay longer than my two-year placement …”
Charlotte Beauvoisin, Woman Magazine | W&H Woman and Home, 2021 and 2022
Wanderlust Travel Magazine reader event: live webinar and Q&As about travel to Uganda
“More than 300 of you tuned into our Uganda event to hear Charlotte Beauvoisin, writer of the award-winning blog Diary of a Muzungu, speak live from this incredible country alongside other expert speakers and the Uganda Tourism Board.”
Read – or watch – the lively recording of the webinar Go Wild in Uganda! Recorded April 2022.
#TalkWithGaetano Urban TV Uganda
I was over the moon when Gaetano J-Kagwa invited me onto his popular live talk show to discuss my favourite subject: Uganda!
“The 21st Century Explorer – Charlotte shares her love for all things Ugandan with Gaetano Kagwa.” Recorded live in Urban TV’s Kampala studio.
In part 1 of the show we talked about my Ugandan name Nagawa and the difference (is there any?) between expats & migrants. We talked about my reason for coming to Uganda, as a VSO volunteer with the Uganda Conservation Foundation.
In part 2 of #TalkWithGaetano we talked about my favourite Ugandan dish: KATOGO – matooke and groundnut sauce! We also talked about dating – and ‘that blog!’
In Part 3 of of the show we talked about the East Africa Tourist Visa
NBS Face Off with Oskar Semweya Musoke
The multi-talented educator and Founding Thinker of Kigo Thinkers Oskar Semweya Musoke has a fearsome reputation for grilling politicians. I confess I was a little nervous that he might put me on the spot too! #NBSFaceOff is a popular Sunday afternoon show on NBS Television in Uganda. We discussed my favourite subjects: conservation, tourism in East Africa and blogging. This show was broadcast in February 2018.
The Observer, Uganda
What do I like about Uganda? Do I eat nsenene (grasshoppers)? And can the muzungu light a sigiri (charcoal stove)?
These were just some of the questions asked by Prisca Baike for an interview in The Observer in 2018. Read click here to read the full interview.
POLITIKEN newspaper, Denmark
Do you read Danish? Politiken, Denmark’s most popular daily newspaper, asked for my recommendations on the top things to do in Kampala for their Insider Guide. September 2016.
“Firebrand. Charlotte Beauvoisin lives and works in Kampala in Uganda. When she’s not working blogging, she works as a volunteer in various animal and nature conservation projects.”
Sanyu FM, Kampala
People are still talking about my radio interview on ‘Fat Boy’ James Onen’s Saturday morning Live and Kicking Show! We had a LAUGH! Here’s the intro …
Fat Boy & Nina invited me to appear on the Sanyu Breakfast Show, Kampala in April 2017. The topic? Dating! “How to date a muzungu.” A hilarious discussion on the do’s and don’ts of interracial dating in Uganda. Listen to the recording here.
ExpatWoman.com
New expats in Uganda may find this interview useful: “Living in Africa and Keeping up with Europe” interview on ExpatWoman.com
KFM Radio 93.3, Kampala
It was fun to be ‘Wonder Woman’ for a day (!) when I was interviewed by Phyllis on the Wonder Woman Show on Kampala’s KFM.
Expats in Uganda Magazine
GO! Overseas
“Hello and welcome to another inspiring GO! Overseas interview. This week we are excited to interview Charlotte Beauvoisin, a volunteer in Uganda who is working hard to save the local elephant population.” It’s all about why I first came to Uganda: as a VSO volunteer working with the Uganda Conservation Foundation.
Do you enjoy listening to and reading interviews? Here are a few people I have interviewed:
It was a tremendous privilege to interview Stephen Rwangyezi, the force behind the Ndere Cultural Centre in Kampala and the rennaissance of cultural dancing in Uganda. What an incredible talent.
Ron Rutland ‘Fat Kid on a Bike’ cycled from Cape Town to London, passing through (almost) every African country. I interviewed him when he passed through Kampala. What an incredible journey!
Listen to the East Africa Travel Podcast by Diary of a Muzungu for conversations with the Naabagareka of Buganda Queen Sylvia, Prof Richard Wrangham, Ian Redmond OBE, Rob Walker Uganda’s official sports commentator, Philip Briggs travel writer, entomologist Dr Mikhail Ochse, Pam Cunneyworth, Lesse Laizer of the Original Maasai Lodge in Tanzania and Chris Ketola of Fauna Forever. Listen, or read the show transcripts, here or on your favourite podcast app.
