Stella Nyanzi

Stella Nyanzi
Stella Nyanzi
Born	16 June 1974; Jinja, Jinja Hospital, Uganda
Other names	Nnalongo Owenene, Nnalongo (Mother of twins)
Citizenship	Uganda
Alma mater	Makerere University; (Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication and Literature); University College London; (Masters in Science, Medical Anthropology); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; (PhD in Social anthropology);
Occupations	Scholar, anthropologist, human rights activist
Years active	1997— present

Stella Nyanzi (born 16 June 1974) is a Ugandan human rights advocate, poet, medical anthropologist, feminist, queer rights advocate, and scholar of sexuality, family planning, and public health. In 2017, she was arrested for insulting the Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni.

In 2021, Nyanzi was named among Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy along Priscilla Ikos Usiobaifo and Fatima Denton. Also, in January 2022, she was accepted to live in Germany on a writers-in-exile programme run by PEN Germany, with her three children.