In the wake of the violent arrest and torture of Bobi Wine, The Guardian has produced a video profile of the Ugandan singer-turned-politician, who “uses his politically charged music to try to inspire change in a country ruled by the same president since 1986.”
Bobi Wine and Africa’s History of Lyrical Activism
From Fela Kuti to Miriam Makeba, music has long been a medium of choice for political activists across the continent. Writing in Quartz Africa, South African journalist Lynsey Chutel takes …