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Ibrahim Traoré has emerged as a anti-Western hero preaching self-reliance and resilience with fans across Africa and beyond (www.wsj.com)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing anything about laws that could cause the imprisonment of LGBT people. Where are you getting this? Like, I wouldn't be shocked if same sex marriage isn't legal or if laws for trans people changing their birth certificates aren't on the books yet but I see nothing that encourages the active imprisonment or disenfranchisement of LGBT people outside of having a somewhat more conservative culture would cause as a matter of expectation. Although I will admit I didn't look particularly hard at such issues as they have bigger things on their plate at the moment but still. If you have a source on that I'd appreciate it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I'm simply saying homosexuality wasn't much of an issue in much of Africa until missionaries kept pounding the idea. Obviously not having spent time there, I can't know.