Gambia: Rapper forced to flee after song criticising president goes viral
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- Thursday, 23 July 2015
A few days after Gambian rapper Killa Ace (real name: Ali Cham) released a song critical of the Gambian regime, he started receiving threats that lead him to flee the country. In the song, entitled 'Ku Boka C Geta G', Killa Ace speaks against social injustices, oppression, corruption and lack of freedom of expression under the regime of President Yahya Jammeh.