Nana Mwafrika Mbarikiwa

Annet Namata also known as Nana Mwafrika Mbarikiwa, Nalongo Nana, Nana MwaAfrika, Annette Nana Namata, Nana Mwafrika Mbarikiwa (born 1977) is a Ugandan executive director and a human rights activist within the political and women rights space. She is the executive director of Front Line Defenders Uganda.

Activism Nana Mwafrika's activism journey begun at the age of 15 years when she stood up to defend a young school girl who had less funds for her transportation fee to Masaka.

On 24 April 2019, Nana was assaulted by a female police officer stuck her hand into her birth canal at the Uganda Police Head quarters in Nagulu while she went to demonstrate against police dispersing of the FDC rallies, deployment of police officers at Bobi Wine's home in Kyadondo in March and the killing of Ssebulime. After the police assault, she was taken to Iran-Uganda hospital (a hospital run by the Uganda police) for medical checks for a medical check up. The activists under their coalition “Friends of Kakwenza” called upon the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) chairperson Margaret Wangadya to resign and also release kakwenza Rukirabashaija among other requests.

On 25 July 2024, Nana Mwafrika was among the protesters that were arrested in the match to parliament during the anti corruption protests in Uganda and she was remanded to Luzira prison at the Buganda Road Court. The protestors demanded that Anita Among to resign together with Uganda parliamentary commissioners and legislators who were involved in corruption scandals.