For the boldest commentary on African politics, look to cartoonists
They go further than many of the continent’s journalists ever dare
The president is a gun-toting dairy farmer who is milking his “cowntry” dry. His brother takes the form of a pair of sinister sunglasses eyeing the national pension fund. His son is a toddler in an oversize army hat who has not learned to tie his shoelaces.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “The king does not arrest a satirist”
Culture June 17th 2023
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