Nay wa Mitego, the Tanzanian rapper who has been banned, jailed and threatened but says he won’t stop

Making hip-hop critical of the government has caused him trouble, but Nay insists his music is a force for change

Tanzanian rapper Nay wa Mitego detests the thought of the number of times he’s had run-ins with authorities over his music.

It started in 2016, during President John Magufuli’s administration. Since then, he has faced many arrests, charges, threats and song bans as a result of releasing music critical of the government. On one occasion, he spent two nights in jail.

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