Okaka Opio Dokotum

Okaka Opio Dokotum is a Ugandan academic, author, playwright and film maker. He is an Associate Professor of literature and film and is known for his work on Hollywood's representation of Africa. He served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs) at Lira University, a public university in Northern Uganda, for ten years from July 2016 to June 2026.

Career

Dokotum served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs) at Lira University for two terms with the first contract period (1st July 2016 to 30th June 2021) and the second and last contract from 1st July 2021 to 30th June 2026. During his tenure, he was responsible for academic affairs at the university. He was succeeded by Judith Akello Abal in an acting capacity.

He is the author of Hollywood and Africa: Recycling the "Dark Continent" Myth, 1908-2020. Dokotum has published in the fields of literature, film adaptation theory, trauma cinema and aesthetics, performative poetics, music video aesthetics, visual history, heritage studies and Uganda Literature. He adapted his play Wek Abonyo Kwani (2003) into the first feature film in Leblango/Luo. Four of his plays and a poetry anthology in Leblango are taught at secondary schools in Uganda.