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I learnt that politics is a dish I love to eat… No one is going to make the world what I want to make it to be, unless I do it myself.

— Stella Nyanzi

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I fled to get my voice back. I fled to get my mind back. I fled to get my freedom back.

I have been a victim of bad legislation and I want to change it. I want to make legislation that's for the people.

My multiple identities empower me to fashion my writing into an effective weapon fighting against injustices meted out by holders of abusive power onto underprivileged groups in society.

Good girls and respectable women are trained to avoid taboo topics and “bad words” particularly in their public articulations.

In a way, motherhood keeps me very grounded.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
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