[ti:Ugandan Poet Taking on Politics With Poetry] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]Ugandan poet Stella Nyanzi was released in February [00:06.72]after spending more than a year in prison for some words she wrote on Facebook. [00:15.08]Uganda's government says those words insulted President Yoweri Museveni. [00:22.44]While in prison, Nyanzi wrote a book of poems, called "No Roses from My Mouth." [00:30.48]Her writings have influenced other people to use poetry to express their political opinions. [00:40.00]Now, Uganda's government plans to appeal her recent acquittal. [00:45.92]Before her release in February, Stella Nyanzi was serving 18 months in prison for cyber-harassing the Ugandan president. [00:58.96]She was jailed last year for writing on Facebook in 2018 that she wished Museveni had died as a fetus. [01:10.24]She blamed him for her country's many problems. [01:15.20]"I sit on the...prison beddings spread on the floor, lean against the wall... [01:21.88]and write whatever I please...what freedom to write," Nyanzi said. [01:28.64]She added that her writings were often taken by prison guards during body searches, [01:36.32]but she continued to write as a form of resistance. [01:42.08]After her sentencing, some Ugandan writers were afraid to criticize the government. Free speech was quieted. [01:53.60]Nyanzi supporters were pleased by her decision to use her poetry to take on politics. [02:01.68]But others are still too frightened to publish. [02:07.16]Danson Kahyana works for the Department of Literature at Makerere University. [02:15.32]He says he wrote a book that he decided not to publish because he does not have the courage of Nyanzi. [02:24.80]"She's our hero. I think we shall celebrate her. [02:29.60]One day, there will come a time when we shall say Stella, you are the reason we are better governed [02:39.24]because your fighting has given us all these beautiful fruits," he said. [02:46.68]Ugandan officials repeatedly have detained Nyanzi for criticizing Museveni, [02:55.36]who has served as president for 34 years. [03:00.72]Although a high court canceled the cyber-harassment charge against her, [03:06.16]Uganda's public prosecutor continues to say that Nyanzi's Facebook post was illegal. [03:16.24]Jacquelyn Okui is spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office. [03:22.04]She said the government is appealing the high court's ruling [03:26.64]and will continue bringing legal action against Nyanzi. [03:32.12]Other poets like Daphine Arinda are learning what it means to try to speak freely in Museveni's Uganda. [03:42.80]"So, I am terrified, I can't lie, but I also have the confidence and also the inner will [03:51.52]to know that if I'm strong about something, then I can pursue it to its end," she said. [04:00.40]Arinda has written poetry about Nyanzi. [04:05.24]"Nails darkened from a walk amongst trees, that's her, that's her, [04:11.96]ask no more who she is, who, who, who she is," she wrote. [04:21.88]For now, Nyanzi lives at her home, waiting for her next court appearance. [04:29.04]No one is sure when that will be. [04:33.64]I'm Ashley Thompson. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM