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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

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“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.

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Pay attention to the exile of @drstellanyanzi. Watch her here on this @akefestival panel on feminist movements across the African continent. It was an honour to speak with her and @aishasalaudeen and
@msafropolitan. 'Why Africa Needs Feminist Giants'

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Most of the chapter on Profanity in my book The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is about @drstellanyanz. She is one of the most important feminists in the world today. Here is an excerpt. lithub.com/mona-eltahawy-… #StellaNyanzi

Get Dr. Stella Nyanzi’s collection of poetry that she wrote in prison. She was convicted of “offending” her country’s dictator with a poem. I am HONOURED that I am quoted on the cover of this vital and revolutionary book. Fuck the patriarchy in every time zone and every universe

Women shall no longer wait for timid men

To fight for the liberation of Uganda

We pack missiles in our own pens and grenades in our mouths

And shoot our truths at the dictatorship

- Stella Nyanzi, from 45 poems she wrote upon turning 45 in prison africanfeminism.com/women-shall-no…

Pay attention to Stella’s exile and learn about her. This from July assessed Stella’s run for parliament. As the author says: @drstellanyanzi’s challenge to the patriarchy in #Uganda is vital and always necessary mg.co.za/africa/2020-07…