Here is a selection of quotes illustrating the situation of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in sub-Saharan Africa:"Worse than pigs and dogs." We will not sit back and watch man marrying man, or woman and woman. But if you're gay and poor, you'll end up rotting in jail for the rest of your life." CRACKDOWN- Abba Sufi, director-general of the Islamic law-enforcement agency in northern Nigeria, the Hisbah, referring to a raid on a lesbian wedding. - Muhsin Hendricks, imam at the People's Mosque in Cape Town.

Source: Daily Nation February 20, 2019 08:36 UTC