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Leilah Babirye

Country

Uganda

Birth - Death

1985 -

Occupation

Artist, Activist

Description

Sculptor whose sculptures and paintings stand as monuments to the nation’s persecuted LGBTQ+ community. Lesbian active in the underground LGBTQ+ (known in Ugandan as “kuchu”) scene. Her sculptures carry the name of a Ugandan clan – there are 52, named after “animals, plants, mountains, objects”.

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