How has Brenda Biyas kiss on Instagram impacted Cameroon?

Published: July 9, 2024, 1 a.m.

"I\u2019m crazy about you & I want the world to know\u201d.\n \nIt looks like a pretty harmless Instagram post. Two women kissing and expressing their love. \n \nBut one of the women \u2013 and the woman who posted that photo and accompanying message - was Brenda Biya, the 26 year old daughter of President Paul Biya of Cameroon. \n \nThe law in Cameroon states that those who engage in same-sex acts or relationships can face up to five years in jail, so it\u2019s perhaps not a surprise that the post has caused a lot of discussion in the country.\n \nSo was it a brave act of defiance - or a sign that there\u2019s one law for those in power and another for everyone else?\n \nFor Africa Daily, Alan Kasujja speaks to Bandy Kiki, a Cameroonian LGBT activist and BBC reporter Paul Njie.