Growing Up In Kenya| African Excellist Podcast – Actor / Director Kenju’s Journey

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Kenju Waweru is an entrepreneur, theatre and filmmaker currently based in Seattle, WA. Kenju started his career six years ago as a reporter based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has been featured in multiple documentaries and independent films. Kenju made his theatre debut in Seattle three years ago as a part of the 2017 Intiman Emerging Artist Program. The show “Kenju-Do it!” was as a result of deep reflection on his current reality of being an African artist living in America. Kenju has since worked with notable theatre and arts organizations in the Pacific North West, such as Intiman Theatre, One Vibe Africa, North West Folklife, and MoPop, among others. He is a journalist/mentor for Radioactive Youth Media at the University of Washington’s NPR affiliate KUOW, serving and teaching the next generation of young storytellers. Kenju likes dancing, hosting Diaspora Connect, a podcast focused on African diaspora issues, engaging in conversations, writing, and spending time in nature, with friends, and with family.

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