Ugandan PEN Prize writer in Police custody
The winner of the 2021 PEN prize for International Writers of Courage, Kakwenza Rubira-bashaija, has been arrested in Uganda.
The winner of the 2021 PEN prize for International Writers of Courage, Kakwenza Rubira-bashaija, is arrested in Uganda; The daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu responds to the worldwide outpouring of affection following the death of her father last Sunday; Ethiopians abroad are invited to visit their country in an attempt to show patriotism, but is it fair to ask this while the country is in the middle of a civil war? - And we hear from the director of The Girl in The Yellow Jumper, the first Ugandan movie to be premiered on Netflix.
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