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4 Feb, 7 tweets, 4 min read
Sending love and solidarity to feminist scholar and activist @drstellanyanzi:

#Ugandan Activist Stella Nyanzi Seeks Refuge in Kenya okayafrica.com/stella-nyanzi-… h/t @fulelo
“The abductions and detentions of political actors were getting closer to me; my children have been targets of police trailing. I just left prison in February last year and I don’t want to go back,” Dr Stella Nyanzi theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-…
Stella Nyanzi is a revolutionary. I devote much of my chapter on the political importance of profanity to her. Her feminist fight for liberation from the 30+ years of the Museveni dictatorship in Uganda has inspired us all over the world lithub.com/mona-eltahawy-…
"If decent language has not been used to effect change...of what use is it? I would rather insult and change things, revise the balance of power, than keep quiet or be polite in ways that do not change anything,"
@drstellanyanzi wearing FUCK OPPRESSION sash and a tiara
The picture above by Sumy Sadurni/AFPis of Stella Nyanzi leaving court in February 2020 after her release from prison for offending Museveni in a poem: FUCK OPPRESSION It was important that she ran for parliament as this article explains. mg.co.za/africa/2020-07…
Listen to this powerful NPR episode and interview with Stella Nyanzi to appreciate her importance
And watch Why Africa Needs Feminist Giants with
@aishasalaudeen and @drstellanyanzi and @msafropolitan and me. It was a thrill and an honour to be in conversation with sisters and comrades.
Dr. Stella Nyanzi - we are many who love and support you!

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“The fear of not knowing who will be taken next, my friends have been abducted, my partner has been abducted, I think I am fortunate that I got out when I could,” @drstellanyanzi

nairobinews.nation.co.ke/general/nyanzi… #StellaNyanzi
“I am in Kenya because Ugandans in the opposition who have criticized the government of Yoweri Museveni are getting abducted every day from the streets, from their homes, from their beds..." #StellaNyanzi
Pay attention to the exile of Dr. Stella Nyanzi - she is one of the most important feminists of our time.

She personifies the political power of profanity. The #Ugandan dictator jailed her for it. And now is in exile.

Listen
npr.org/2020/10/28/928…
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