Pro-democracy protests have landed Angolan Rapper Luaty Beirão and 16 others in prison

A court in Angola on Monday sentenced famous rapper Luaty Beirão and 16 other activists to prison for plotting to overthrow President José Eduardo dos Santos during a book club meeting. Beirão, also known by his stage name Ikonoklasta, was handed a five-and-a-half year jail term for “rebellion against the president of the republic, criminal association…