Banana Republic

This is a narration of the excruciating torture the author went through in a Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) dungeon as a result of his published novel, The Greedy Barbarian, which is a political fiction that mirrors gerontocratic, kleptocratic, nepotistic and murderous African regimes.

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija is an Ugandan lawyer and multi-award winning novelist. He was named the 2021 PEN Pinter International Writer of courage and in 2022, nominated for the Disturbing Peace Award which recognizes distinguished courageous writers who have suffered unjust persecution. In 2023, he won the prestigious Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent. He is currently exiled in Germany where he is writing more social protest literature and making the Ugandan dictator uncomfortable.