Member of parliament and musician Bobi Wine says there are still 40 million people living under oppression, and domination, and under dictatorship in Uganda.
Freedom fighter and artist Bobi Wine traveled 36 hours to Jamaica, the politician says, to be able to spread his musical message to his fellow Ugandans and the rest of the world.
During his set, the Ugandan representative for Kyadondo East took time to laud his countrymen for being “beautiful… enterprising people,” adding that, somehow, there are still “40 million people living under oppression, and domination, and under dictatorship.”
The freedom fighter and performer reminded the patrons of the festival that music helped to “open the eyes of the people … to fight without violence, without shedding blood” against injustice, segregation and apartheid, specifically in South Africa.
The activist — between performing songs in both English a native Ugandan language — recounted government official’s “planting machine guns” in his hotel room to arrest him, since his message to the youth of Uganda was and is still viewed as a “threat” to the country’s dictatorship.
“I represent for Africa, a new Africa, with a new imagination. That is why I thought that it is important to use my music for more than just entertaining but to use it for edutainment.”
However, the artist added that he is “not afraid” and will not “give up” fighting for the freedom of the people of Uganda. Wine expressed that oppressors are trying to destroy the country, which he declares is “the most beautiful part” of the African continent.
“We shall continue to use the music to liberate the people of Africa,” the activist emphatically stated. “Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you liberate the bodies of men,” Wine added, citing Jamaican national hero and pioneer of black civil rights movements, Marcus Garvey.
Wine explained that it was after the international scrutiny and pressure was mounted, by various people and a tweet from Jamaican reggae group Morgan’s Heritage, that the Ugandan government was forced to release him from detention.
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