A Queer Feminist Activist - Dr. Stella Nyanzi
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The inimitable Dr. Stella Nyanzi is a Ugandan queer feminist activist, human rights advocate, poet, medical anthropologist, and scholar of sexuality, family planning, and public health.
At the time of our recording, Stella speaks to us from Kenya where she is taking refuge due to the current regime in Uganda where she is unsafe as a very vocal opposition.
Stella shares with us about her work being a vocal activist. She talks about her time in prison and using her body and sexuality as a means of protest.
Listen till the end to hear Dr. Stella read a poem that she wrote while in prison.
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