Kapya John Kaoma is a Zambian, US-educated scholar, pastor and human rights defender who is most noted for his LGBTQI+ and ecological ethics scholarship, particularly regarding Africa.
Examples include Scott Lively, whose "Abiding Truth Ministries" has had extensive media coverage and political attention in Uganda, shortly after which Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni signed into law an anti-gay bill deemed to be one of the most repressive in current history.
[7] Since 2009, Kaoma has published widely on the issues of cultural neo-colonialism, with particular attention on how conservative religious anti-LGBTQ+ ideology is increasingly taking root in many African societies-leading to militant opposition to sexual minorities.
As a factual witness, Kaoma was subpoenaed by the United States District Court to testify in a deposition in Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) v. Scott Lively case in 2015.
The question before the court is not whether Defendant's actions in aiding and abetting efforts to demonize, intimidate, and injure LGBT people in Uganda constitute violations of international law.
[34] The Gunther H. Wittenberg Memorial Lecture 2015: “Earth-Theology and Humanitarianism: Lessons Yet Learnt,” University of Kwa Zulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, August 13, 2015.