Kwame Nyong'o

Kwame Nyong'o is an artist, storyteller and educator, known for short films such as "The Legend of Lwanda Magere" and "The Wonderful Story of Aisha, Ali and Flipflopi the Multicoloured Dhow Boat" (in competition at Annecy in 2021, a first for Kenya).Kwame's children's books "A Tasty Maandazi", "I Love Ugali and Sukuma Wiki" and "The Yummiest Githeri" show positive images of contemporary Africa using food as medium for intercultural exchange. In 2017 and 2018 Kwame was on the creative team that won awards at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for "The World's Most Eligible Bachelor", a campaign supporting the conservation of the endangered northern white Rhino in Kenya.