Namibia: ‘Hounded and harassed’: The former pop star taking on Uganda’s long-time president – Africa Links 24

With his charisma, tenacity and everyman appeal, music star Bobi Wine has shaken up Ugandan politics.

Since his career pivot a decade ago, the 43-year-old has become a major thorn in the side of president Yoweri Museveni, an 81-year-old who has been in power for 40 years.

Bobi Wine has enchanted legions of young Ugandans, a demographic that makes up a large portion of the country’s population. Having grown up in the slums of the capital, Kampala, he dubbed himself the “ghetto…