Bandy Kiki

Bandy Kiki (February 20, 1991) is a blogger, LGBT activist, and businesswoman from Cameroon living in the U.K. She created Kinnaka's Blog, a popular English-language website in Cameroon for news and entertainment. She is a well-known and sometimes controversial figure because of her political opinions and LGBT activism, and some people have called her "the most hated English-speaking person on social media in Cameroon."

 Background 
Kiki was born as Emily Kinaka Banadzem on February 20, 1991, in Jakiri, Cameroon.

 Career 
Kiki began her career as a blogger in the U.K. with Kinnaka’s Blog and Kinnaka’s TV, which started in 2015. Her blog is very popular among English-speaking Cameroonians. In 2016, she was named one of the 50 most influential Cameroonian youths under 40 by Avance Media, CELBMD Africa, and partners. She won Best Cameroonian Media (CAMEEA) in 2015 and Best Blogger of 2016 from the Diaspora Entertainment Awards. Kiki is a spokesperson for Rainbow Equality Hub, an NGO that helps LGBT people in Cameroon. In 2017, she was nominated for Best African Blogger of the Year by AWA. In a May 2017 interview, she said she would help Irène Major with the Gay in Africa Foundation. She also gave an interview to Humen Online, a Hungarian gay magazine, which is available in Hungarian too.

 Controversy and attacks 
She was criticized for her controversial post on her blog following the ongoing 2016–2017 Cameroonian protests. She received extensive abuse online, including the spread of unsubstantiated rumors claiming Kiki was HIV-positive and that she is an agent of the Cameroon government attempting to sabotage the ongoing crisis. Kiki has denied those claims. Kiki has been criticized for being gay and supporting LGBT rights in Cameroon. In one example, film producer Agbor Gilbert Ebot stated that ''...If I catch you for Cameroon, I go 'rape' you well well so that di demon of lesbianism go comot for your body…I get plans to give you belle..." She has been the subject of death threats.

 See also 

 List of Cameroonian Actors
 Cinema of Cameroon

 References