Thread by @cobbo3

1/5• Isaac Vah Tukpah (R), co-author of “George Weah: The Dream, The Legend, The Rise to Power”, leaves Liberia after his departure was blocked last week. The book, among other things, quotes President Weah speaking about the sexual habits of his wife.

2/5• As the torments of Ugandan author .@KakwenzaRukira remind us, writing about African leaders, their relatives, body parts, and habits, has become dangerous business. Seems only those who have fought lions should venture.
theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…

3/5• An early casualty was Cameroonian author Bertrand Zepherin Teyou (L), arrested in 2010 for his book “The Banana Republic’s Beauty: Chantal Biya, from the street to the palace” about the country’s First Lady. A sickly Teyou died in 2020 years after his release.

4/5• In September 2011, Ugandan author Vincent Nzaramba was arrested for his book “People Power: Battle the Mighty General”, which called on President Yoweri Museveni, who’s now been in office for 36 years, to relinquish power.

5/5• In April 2020, Tanzanian author Prince Mahinja Bagenda was arrested for a book critical of then strongman president John Magufuli (RIP). One of the unpublished book’s titles was “The Genesis of Wannabe Political Gangsterism”. And that b4 we list the journalists here…