Facing off with top guns armed with music, rhetoric
Bobi Wine (L) and Barbie Kyagulan pose on the red carpet during the Oscars arrivals at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US on March 10, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS
Running in the country’s 2021 presidential elections, Bobi Wine used his music to denounce the government in power. In this fight, he had also take on the police and military, whowere not afraid to use violenc in an attempt to intimidate and silence him and his supporters. He was arrested and tortured while in detention.
“I am challenging you to a free and fair election,” shouts Bobi Wine at a rally and in a message directed at the president.
