"Wir müssen wirtschaftliche Waffen gegen den Diktator einsetzen." Der derzeit im deutschen Exil lebende ugandische Autor und Verfechter der Meinungsfreiheit Kakwenza Rukirabashaija spricht über den Widerstand gegen das ugandische Regime. Für seinen 2020 erschienen regimekritischen Roman "The Greedy Barbarian", der Korrup­tion in einem fiktiven Land behandelt, wurde er ver­haftet und gefoltert. Nach seiner Entlassung schrieb er das Buch "Banana Republic: Where Writing is Treasonous" über seine Erlebnisse in Haft.

"We must use economic weapons against the dictator." The Ugandan author and freedom of expression advocate Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who is currently living in exile in Germany, speaks about the resistance against the Ugandan regime. He was arrested and tortured for his 2020 dissident novel "The Greedy Barbarian", which deals with corruption in a fictional country. After his release, he wrote the book "Banana Republic: Where Writing is Treasonous" about his experiences in prison.