He wanted to be a writer, but believes he’ll get his message across more easily through music.
Articles on Bobi Wine
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Bobi Wine’s escape from Uganda to the US reveals controlled tensions within both the Museveni regime and opposition.
Besigye’s decision to break with the president put him in intense and prolonged personal danger.
The youth-led struggle for democracy in Uganda reflects a broader continental reality: young Africans want better leadership.
Museveni’s iron grip on the Ugandan military makes it difficult to imagine a peaceful transfer of power.
President Yoweri Museveni’s effort to stop evictions didn’t address underlying problems, but it enhanced his political legitimacy.
Women are constantly battling stereotypes that seek to maintain the status quo of male dominance in political spaces.
An emotional roller coaster, the film tracks the pop star’s political battle up close and personal.
This year, all the Oscar nominees for best documentary feature come from outside of the United States.
Donald Trump says he’s being politically persecuted, like Russian democracy martyr Alexei Navalny, who died while in a Russian prison on Feb. 16. A scholar says there’s no comparison between the men.
Bobi Wine’s run at the presidency in 2021 had appeared to present an unprecedented threat to Yoweri Museveni’s longstanding rule.
Africa’s youth are not countering the deepening of autocratisation across the continent.
State security agents violently quashed protests following the 2020 arrest of musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine.
The founding story of Museveni’s government remains persuasive for a great many people 37 years later.
Arbitrary detention and torture are both prohibited under local and international laws.
It is often assumed that patrimonial beliefs fuel electoral malpractice whereas civic ones challenge it, but this is an oversimplification.
For those keen to advance democracy and freedom in Uganda, the starting point is to take in the lessons of history.
Museveni’s attempt to gain support in urban areas in the 2021 elections was not only about repression. But it still failed.
Opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyangulanyi has repeatedly been underestimated by government supporters and critics since he first ran for parliament.
Never has a political contest in Uganda’s history been so furiously played out in the media space as the 2021 national elections.
Top contributors
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Marist College
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Lecturer of Mass Communications, Uganda Christian University
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Professor of Anthropology and International Development, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Research Professor, Political Science, Chr. Michelsen Institute
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Professor of Law, University of the Western Cape
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Associate professor of Communications and Media, Prince Sultan University
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Research Fellow and Cluster Leader, Power and Popular Politics research cluster, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Post Doctorate Researcher under the DANIDA funded project on security, sustainable growth and peace in Uganda., University of Copenhagen
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Senior Lecturer, Makerere University
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Lecturer, University of York
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
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Jimmy Spire Ssentongo is an Associate Dean (Research and Publication), School of Postgraduate Studies and Research at Uganda Martyrs University, Uganda Martyrs University