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The 11-year Sierra Leonean civil war gained notoriety for the abduction and use of children as soldiers by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). Poimboi Veeyah Koindu ('Orphan Boys of Koindu' in the Kissi language) is made up of a dozen youths who were all active RUF members. Most were aged between...
Lapiro's song 'Constitution Constipée' was the anthem for protesters who took to the streets angered after a constitutional change that would allow the president to stay in power indefinitely. Lapiro is now in jail, persecuted by authorities after he became a symbol of peaceful resistance for those...
Cont Mhlanga has been practising protest theatre and challenging state ideologies in Zimbabwe for over 25 years. He has been the target of state surveillance, intimidation, harassment, arrest and detention. Since founding the Amakhosi Performing Arts Academy and the Theatre for Community Action,...
Using Hip Hop, 14 young people from Recife's favelas speak out against the violence which permeates their lives. Recife is Brazil's most violent city. Child murder is a regular occurrence, tyrannical gangs control daily life and hunger is rife. The group's lyrics condemn that violence and issue a...
For many years, Mohsen Makhmalbaf has made controversial films both within and outside Iran protesting against social oppression. He was forced to leave Iran in 2004 due to the extreme pressure of censorship and has since been the spokesperson for the Green Movement, a peaceful social movement...
Sister Fa has taken enormous personal risks to
champion the rights of women and girls in West Africa.
One of the most widely recognised female rap artists
in Senegal, she has devoted her life’s work to raising
awareness of the dangers of female genital mutilation,
a practice, in theory, has...
Win Maw has been an inspirational guitarist and
songwriter in Myanmar (formerly Burma) for decades,
continuing to make music even in the prison cell to
which he was sentenced for 10 years in 2009. He
expresses the political views of the Burmese people
with his music which provides a rallying...
Al-Bugaa Theatre Troupe operate in Sudan’s conflict zones. Based out of Khartoum, Nuba Mountain and Dafur, they stage plays in this war-torn region to bring their message of peace and reconciliation to everyone, including militia groups and refugees in camps.
Aron Atabek is a dissident, poet and creative writer in Kazhakstan. He was jailed for 18 years after being accused of orchestrating a mass disorder protesting against the demolition of a shanty-town, a charge he vehemently denies. He rejected an offer by the government of a pardon if he admitted...
The children belonging to the United ACT theatre group believe the stories they perform on stage will someday protect a young person from being trafficked. They live and perform in refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border where human traffickers and smuggling brokers target the vulnerable and...
Zarganar is Burma's most popular comedian and satirist. He draws inspiration from the Burmese people who have endured nearly five decades of dictatorship. Zarganar was last arrested in June 2008 for making jokes about the government before international media covering Cyclone Nargis. His 59-year...
