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Thrown out of Africa for staging a gay play - but desperate to return again
2013
Overview
\"They saw me as a cultural imperialist,\" [David Cecil] says. \"The intention of the play was to have a conversation about these issues in the safety of theatre.\" He says he did not expect such an extreme reaction, because \"It is a play. It is fiction.\" Cecil says Uganda remains his favourite East African country because it has \"a good balance between liberty and African culture\". Currently, the Uganda Penal Code, while not directly outlawing homosexuality, criminalises \"unnatural offences.\" Anti-gay rights activists have used the law to mount a crusade against homosexuality. Cecil's opinions on gay rights, which he describes as \"complicated\", have brought him on a collision course with both human rights activists, who believe he is not committed enough to the cause, and the Ugandan government. \"I think people who support homosexuality do not understand the anxiety in African countries about the disintegration of the family,\" he says.
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Independent Digital News & Media
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