The representation of Uganda in the musical seems to be a mix of Shown Their Work and Artistic License. The issues (female genital mutilation, AIDS, baby-rape as a cure for AIDS, etc.) are all relevant to Uganda or to other African nations in the region, but statements like "And 80% of us have AIDS" are obvious exaggerations (the actual HIV infection rate in Uganda is between 5 and 15% — the highest infection rates are in countries farther south).
I tried to say something like this in the main article, but it ended up sounding too much like Natter and got removed.
The representation of Uganda in the musical seems to be a mix of Shown Their Work and Artistic License. The issues (female genital mutilation, AIDS, baby-rape as a cure for AIDS, etc.) are all relevant to Uganda or to other African nations in the region, but statements like "And 80% of us have AIDS" are obvious exaggerations (the actual HIV infection rate in Uganda is between 5 and 15% — the highest infection rates are in countries farther south).
I tried to say something like this in the main article, but it ended up sounding too much like Natter and got removed.