How Stella Nyanzi Has Put Uganda Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The words and methods this controversial figure uses to deliver her message to the government, which she considers corrupt, is being questioned, but does it mean you can't support her, asks Nicholas Sengoba for the Daily Monitor. Stella Nyanzi is a Makerere University academic and a researcher, who is known for staging nude protests and using bold language to describe what she considers a corruption government. Her latest campaign is aimed at getting President Yoweri Museveni's administration to provide free sanitary towels to students.
Stella Nyanzi (file photo).
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Uganda:
Stella Nyanzi Has Put Uganda Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Monitor, 4 April 2017
Dr Stella Nyanzi is back in the news. This time her cantankerous missives garnished with lewd language highlighting the female and male gentilia, are the rage. Read more »
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Uganda:
Beyond Stella Nyanzi - Power, Privilege, and Discontent in Uganda
Monitor, 5 April 2017
For the first time, this column will write about Ms Stella Nyanzi, researcher, feminist, and tree-shaker. Read more »
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Uganda:
How Do You Get the Correct Meaning Out of Nyanzi's Texts?
Monitor, 5 April 2017
Pigs are the filthiest animals on earth. The British writer George Orwell knew it. In his 1945 classic, Animal Farm, he makes pigs the rulers. But it doesn't mean that rulers are… Read more »
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Uganda:
Who's Out of Touch? Inside the First Lady, Dr Nyanzi War
East African, 1 April 2017
Controversial academic Stella Nyanzi's use of coarse language on social media while commenting on socio-political and economic issues got under the skin of First Lady Janet… Read more »
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Uganda:
Of Stella Nyanzi's Rebel Speech and Politics
Observer, 13 March 2017
At the height of the anticolonial struggle, one folklorist in northern Uganda exploited his craft and composed the following lines: "I'll ride my bicycle to Gulu. Read more »
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Uganda:
Dr. Stella Nyanzi Grilled, Vows to Continue Social Media Pads Campaign
Independent (Kampala), 7 March 2017
Makerere University researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi has vowed to continue her social media campaign in which she is criticizing government for failure to provide sanitary towels for… Read more »
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Uganda:
Dr Nyanzi Interrogated, Vows to Continue Criticizing Museveni's Regime
Monitor, 8 March 2017
Makerere University researcher, Dr Stella Nyanzi, has vowed to continue criticising government even after she was interrogated by police on Tuesday over her social media comments. Read more »
