Main content

What Susan Did on Death Row

Susan Kigula led a choir, got a degree and changed Ugandan law as she waited to be hanged

Ugandan Susan Kigula was a young mother when she was sentenced to hang for murder. She always maintained her innocence and sang songs of sorrow in a choir she formed with her fellow inmates on death row. Behind bars Susan also started a school and completed a law degree, but it's what she did next which would change the lives of more than 400 other inmates, as well as the law of the land.

Image and credit: Susan Kigula

Presenter: Datshiane Navanayagam

Release date:

Available now

27 minutes

Podcast