BUALA

Is a Ph.D. candidate in Modern Literatures and Culture at NOVA Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University Lisbon. Her main fields of interest include the post-colonial literature in English-speaking countries, particularly in the Caribbean, the Caribbean diaspora, the ethnographic novels, and soundscapes connected to the Caribbean culture. Her research is mainly focused on the Trinidadian writer Sam Selvon and the peculiarities of his carnivalesque writings in the London period’s novels (1955-1979). With over ten years in higher education international relations, she also leads the Ideas Club for the SUPERNOVA Foundation Semester, teaching intercultural communication, diversity, and inclusion through weekly debates.