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Bobi Wine: A Cultural & Political Icon becomes a Target

August 28, 2018August 25, 2018 by James

Bobi Wine’s meteoric rise to prominence in Ugandan politics was made possible, surely, by his previously earned popularity in the Afrobeat music, but this conclusion overlooks something much more important. …

Guardian: Time for Global Action to Help Bobi Wine

August 25, 2018 by James

Robert Amsterdam, founding partner of Amsterdam & Partners LLP which represents Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) has published an opinion article in The Guardian calling for the international community to take …

BBC: The President and the Pop Star

August 25, 2018 by James

Journalist Catherine Byaruhanga has written an extensively detailed profile of Bobi Wine for the BBC. In her article, she writes about how Bobi’s emergence as a potent political figure has …

Al Jazeera: This is Bobi Wine

August 28, 2018August 24, 2018 by Sam

Al Jazeera has produced a video feature on jailed parliamentarian and civil & human rights activist Bobi Wine, who “uses his music to address the country’s political and social issues, …

US Legislator to Ugandan Government: Free Bobi Wine

August 28, 2018August 24, 2018 by Sam

US Congressman Brad Sherman of California has sent a formal letter to Ugandan Ambassador in Washington Mull Ssebujja Katende, calling for the immediate release of Bobi Wine and those arrested …

The Guardian: Who Is Bobi Wine?

August 24, 2018August 23, 2018 by Sam

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.”

After Minutes of Freedom, Bobi Wine Re-arrested

August 24, 2018August 23, 2018 by Sam

Trumped-up charges of illegal firearm possession were rightly dropped after Bobi Wine’s appearance in court in Gulu on Thursday. Bobi Wine, unable to even stand on his own due to …