![]() Perhaps the most renowned homophobic statement made by an African leader is that of Robert Mugabe, who said in 2011 that homosexuals are ‘worse than pigs and dogs’, and threatened gays that, ‘We will punish you severely’ (Laing, 2011). And in 1999, Kenya’s Daniel Arap Moi said: ‘It is against African tradition and biblical teachings, I will not shy from warning Kenyans against this scourge’. Homosexuality is a behavioural disorder that is alien to African culture’ (Goering 2004 Operario 2012). ‘Homosexuals must be condemned and rejected. ![]() Homophobic statements of this kind have been made by a range of African statesmen over the last few years, key leaders of post-colonial liberation struggles – and thus national heroes – among them. He stated: ‘sinful and immoral practices as homosexuality will not be tolerated’, and that he would ‘cut off the head’ of any gay person found in the Gambia. At a political rally in May 2008, the President of the Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, announced that gays had twenty-four hours to leave the country (BBC News, 2008).
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