A Boy Who Loved Me shares with readers your story about growing up in Uganda with Sickle Cell Disease and being gay and the challenges you faced on your road to British citizenship. Why was this an important book for you to write?

Writing A Boy Who Loved Me was my way of expressing my emotions and my views as I see this world and the reality we live in. I wanted my story to convey my struggles with sickle-cells and the physiological immigration impact on me and people seeking asylum all over the world in a positive way. It was important to me to write about these struggles to show other people all over the world who are going through similar circumstances that if you don’t let those circumstances define you, and keep going with hope and a positive mind, things do get better, and you learn to be okay with the past, which leads to happiness.

It was my way of showing my appreciation of the blessing I have been given for being alive to not only help others achieve their goals in life but also entertain them at the same time.

I appreciated the candid nature with which you told your story. What was the hardest thing for you to write about?

The hardest thing was writing about sickle cell crises and the pain. I had to relive many physical and psychological challenges I have endured my whole life. But it was important because there are many people going through different contrasting circumstances like sickle cells.

What were some ideas that were important for you to share in this book?

The most important idea I wanted to share in this book was that being gay is not a choice and no matter where you come from, you can be born gay. I wanted people to be brave and embrace who they are especially those born in societies that do not understand homosexuality, like Uganda.

What is one thing you hope readers take away from your story?

The one thing I hope that readers can take away from my story is that having hope and constantly looking for the positive aspects can lead to achieving one’s goals and finding happiness no matter the circumstances.

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