The ultimate prize in the fight for freedom for my country … - Stella Nyanzi

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The ultimate prize in the fight for freedom for my country is death. Many have been murdered. Many have disappeared and we don't know where they are. So the ultimate prize is death.

Stella Nyanzi

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Stella Nyanzi (born 16 June 1974) is a Ugandan human rights advocate, poet, medical anthropologist, feminist, queer rights advocate, and scholar of sexuality, family planning, and public health. She was arrested in 2017 for insulting the Ugandan president. In January 2022, she was accepted to live in Germany on a writers-in-exile programme run by PEN Germany, with her three children.

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The ultimate prize in the fight for freedom for my country is death. Many have been murdered. Many have disappeared and we don't know where they are.… - Stella Nyanzi

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