HER | Story: wambui waweru on finding a new stride and story
Wambui Waweru’s place with NEWF is easily not always easily defined. A tangle of creativity moving swiftly and slowly as at once, her role is to offer an inspired, value-aligned narrative structure to the NEWF Story Lab programs; to develop and refine curricula, and work closely with cohorts to develop stories, craft shooting scripts, offer insightful feedback and contribute to the collective learning that inevitably accompanies the marketing and distribution phase of films. But what positions this talented and poised Kenyan writer, voice artist and mother to harness a nuanced, almost delicate dance of navigating NEWF’s growing catalogue of African films, redefining the lens through which Africa is seen? It certainly is not hot, defining terms like frameworks and curricula.
HER|Story: Shaping and inspiring impact and storytelling across Africa
The women in the NEWF community are among the women across the continent showing up as the leaders, change-makers, and community cornerstones we have needed in our time. As the climate crisis intensifies, and intersectional social justice and impact movements rise to challenge the ways of the world; these women are meeting each challenge with passion, determination, and insurmountable fortitude - advocating for our access, expertise, and right to choose, the equity to lead, and to simply show up as ourselves while reimagining a better, more inclusive future for all people.