By Lisa Sidambe, Freemuse’s Sub-Saharan Africa researcher. As part of our Day of the Dead commemoration, Freemuse remembers Vigário Luís Balanta, the Guinea-Bissau rapper and activist killed in March 2026, whose music challenged repression and inspired calls for change. In Guinea-Bissau, a country where democratic stabilisation remains an elusive dream, one notable rapper refused to be silenced. His rap lyrics and civic movement inspired a gener…
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