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Ugandan Poet Taking on Politics With Prose

Halima Athumani

   KAMPALA - Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February after
   spending more than a year in prison for a post she made on Facebook
   that insulted President Yoweri Museveni. Defiant, Nyanzi used her time
   behind bars to write a book and is inspiring others to use poetry to
   express their political opinions. But Uganda's public prosecutor plans
   to appeal her acquittal.

   Before her release in February, Stella Nyanzi was serving 18 months in
   prison for cyber-harassing Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

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