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Fundi-Mentals
''Fundi-Mentals'' is a 2015 Kenyan erotic comedy that was directed by Alexandros Konstantaras, who was also behind the '' House of Lungula'' that featured judge Ian Mbugua. The comedy has already been nominated in this year's Africa Magic Viewer's Choice Awards in the best actor in comedy award. The film stars Charlie Karumi, Gerald Langiri and Lizz Njagah. Production The word 'Fundamentals' is very popular among Kenyans, only that here it bears a different meaning from its original one. The word gained massive popularity after Ken Wa Maria, a local Kamba musician, sang a song entitled "Fundamentals" purportedly referring to the 'assets' of a woman and since then the word became Kenyan slang term for the latter. Judging from the title, '' House of Lungula'' and now Fundi-mentals, the very common 'naughty' and very familiar Kenyan slang for the storylines and this only means that the movies tell the Kenyan story. As the producer Alex Konstantaras revealed, the idea for Fundi-ment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veronica Waceke
Veronica Waceke is a Kenyan actress. She first appeared in the 2015 film ''Fundi-Mentals''. For her performance in the film ''My Faith'', Waceke won the Best East African Female Actress award at the Mashariki Film Festival. She portrayed Lesedi in the Kenya National Theatre's production of Walter Sitati's play; ''Necessary Madness 2 and Deliberate Contempt'' in 2019. Waceke was nominated for the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award for the Best Actress in a television drama series 'Higher Learning'. Awards * Best Supporting Actress – Riverwood Awards * Best Actress – Mashariki Film Festival Awards 2015 Select filmography *''Higher Learning (2010) as Aida'' *'' The Captain of Nakara'' (2012) as Shop Assistant *''Strata (2013) as Silk'' *''Fundi-Mentals'' (2015) *'' Tuko Macho (2016) as Nikki'' *''Crime and Justice ''Crime and Justice'' is an annual series of peer-reviewed commissioned essays on crime-related research subjects published by The University of Chicago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizz Njagah
Elizabeth Anne Achieng' Njagah (born 26 December) known as Lizz Njagah, is a Kenyan actress, film director and producer. Early life Born and raised in Nairobi, Lizz is the seventh born among 10 siblings. Her mother died years later and her aunt took over as their guardian. Personal life Lizz married filmmaker and director Alex Konstantaras on 10 June 2012 at the Church of St. Alexander in Greece. On 10 February 2016, the couple welcomed their first son, Georgios Apolo Konstantaras. Career 1998-early and mid 2000s: Early showbiz career Lizz's career began in 1998 after she joined the Kenya National Theatre. She played various plays for one year, before she was awarded a two-year internship with Phoenix Players, where she had a number of roles and also doubled up as the Membership Secretary. She also appeared in a number of TV commercials for different brands including Lux Beauty Soap, Telkom Kenya and EABL's Fungua Fanaka promotion. She toured South Africa, Mozambique and Kenya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Karumi
Charles Karumi Maina (born 17 August 1991), known professionally as Charlie Karumi, is a Kenyan actor and Radio (NRG Radio)/TV presenter. He has appeared in several plays, television series and films. He is best known for his role as Tony on Kenyan drama ''Jane & Abel, Jane and Abel'' and for hosting entertainment magazine show ''Arena 254'' on K24 (Kenya), K24. Charlie was born on 17 August 1991 in Nairobi, Kenya and grew up in Uthiru. He attended Alliance high school where his love for stage was born through the school drama club. He later joined Strathmore University, Strathmore university for a degree in Business Information Technology and ended up kick starting his acting career. He landed his first acting role in the Kenyan TV series;Changes. He has since featured in more films including; Lies that Bind, Lies that bindNairobi Half Life Rush and Noose of Gold. In 2015, he won the Kalasha awards for the best supporting actor for the comedy,Fundi-mentals. Early life Karu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainea Ojiambo
Ainea Ojiambo (born 20 April 1970), is a Kenyan actor. He is best known for the roles in the films '' The Constant Gardener'', ''Bullion'' and ''Jack Zollo: My Life in Crime''. Personal life He was born on 20 April 1970 in Nairobi, Kenya. He is a father to two children, a boy and a girl. Career Before entering popular screen, he worked in several stage plays and that is how his acting career began. In 2004, he was invited to play in the Hollywood film '' The Constant Gardener'' directed by Fernando Meirelles. In the film, he played a minor role of a 'Police Driver'. The film was a critical and box office success and earned four Oscar nominations. Then in 2007, he acted in the Kenyan television series '' Makutano Junction'' with the role of 'snake'. After the success of the series, he was later invited to play in two more television serials: ''Block-D'' and '' Noose of Gold''. In the soap opera '' Noose of Gold'', Ojiambo played the lead role of 'Ole Mpisha'. The soap was later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Langiri
''House of Lungula'' is a 2013 Kenyan comedy film directed by Alexandros Konstantaras. It focuses on the sex life of typical Kenyans.The word "lungula" means "sex" in Kenyan slang, Sheng. The film stars Gerald Langiri, Lizz Njagah and Ian Mbugua. Langiri plays a hardworking man who needs money to pay for his fiancé's dowry, while Njagah plays a wife who decides to play a tit-for-tat game when she finds out that her husband had a mistress. Mbugua plays a man who maintains a secret relationship with a younger woman, played by Sarah Hassan, who in turn represents girls who date older men for money. The film was rated 18+ by the Kenya Film Board Association. Plot Harrison (Gerald Langiri) urgently requires money to pay for the dowry of his fiancée, Charity (Nice Githinji). Through his boss, Mr. Taylor (Ian Mbugua), he gains access to a huge house belonging to their company's CEO, Mr. Lungula. He is charged with cleaning the house for a fee. A posh empty house presents an oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi. Its second-largest and oldest city is Mombasa, a major port city located on Mombasa Island. Other major cities within the country include Kisumu, Nakuru & Eldoret. Going clockwise, Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest (though much of that border includes the disputed Ilemi Triangle), Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, Tanzania to the southwest, and Lake Victoria and Uganda to the west. Kenya's geography, climate and population vary widely. In western, rift valley counties, the landscape includes cold, snow-capped mountaintops (such as Batian, Nelion and Point Lenana on Mount Kenya) with vast surrounding forests, wildlife and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swahili Language
Swahili, also known as as it is referred to endonym and exonym, in the Swahili language, is a Bantu languages, Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent littoral islands). Estimates of the number of Swahili speakers, including both native and second-language speakers, vary widely. They generally range from 150 million to 200 million; with most of its native speakers residing in Tanzania and Kenya. Swahili has a significant number of loanwords from other languages, mainly Arabic, as well as from Portuguese language, Portuguese, English language, English and German language, German. Around 40% of Swahili vocabulary consists of Arabic loanwords, including the name of the language ( , a plural adjectival form of an Arabic word meaning 'of the coasts'). The loanwords date from the era of contact between Arab slave trade, Arab traders and the Northeast Bantu languages, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Lungula
''House of Lungula'' is a 2013 Kenyan comedy film directed by Alexandros Konstantaras. It focuses on the sex life of typical Kenyans.The word "lungula" means "sex" in Kenyan slang, Sheng. The film stars Gerald Langiri, Lizz Njagah and Ian Mbugua. Langiri plays a hardworking man who needs money to pay for his fiancé's dowry, while Njagah plays a wife who decides to play a tit-for-tat game when she finds out that her husband had a mistress. Mbugua plays a man who maintains a secret relationship with a younger woman, played by Sarah Hassan, who in turn represents girls who date older men for money. The film was rated 18+ by the Kenya Film Board Association. Plot Harrison (Gerald Langiri) urgently requires money to pay for the dowry of his fiancée, Charity (Nice Githinji). Through his boss, Mr. Taylor (Ian Mbugua), he gains access to a huge house belonging to their company's CEO, Mr. Lungula. He is charged with cleaning the house for a fee. A posh empty house presents an oppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamba People
The Kamba or Akamba (sometimes called Wakamba) people are Bantu peoples ethnic group who predominantly live in Kenya stretching from Nairobi to Tsavo and northwards to Embu, Kenya, Embu, in the southern part of the Eastern Province, Kenya, former Eastern Province. This land is called ''Ukambani'' and constitutes Makueni County, Kitui County and Machakos County. They also form the second largest ethnic group in 8 counties including Nairobi and Mombasa counties. Origin The Kamba are of Bantu people, Bantu origin and they are originally believed to have originated from the Congo Basin.Joseph Bindloss, Tom Parkinson, Matt Fletcher, ''Lonely Planet Kenya'', (Lonely Planet: 2003), p.35. They are also known as the 'Akamba.' They are closely related in language and culture to the Kikuyu people, Kikuyu, the Embu people, Embu, the Mbeere people, Mbeere and the Meru people, Meru of whom together they form the GEMA community, and to some extent relate closely to the Digo people, Kambe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalekye Mumo
Kalekye Mumo is a Kenyan media personality and singer. Career Mumo was born in 1976. She worked for the Turkish embassy and later at HomeBoyz. She then moved to sound production as a sound engineer for Madeva TV. She was hired by 98.4 Capital FM as a breakfast host and later she was hired by Kiss FM as a news editor and reader. In 2016, she left kiss FM and was hired as a presenter for K24 TV for two years. She left the media after being in it for 13 years so that she could focus on her PR company. Her PR firm was launched at the Villa Rosa Kempinski in 2016. References 1976 births Living people Kenyan radio presenters Kenyan women radio presenters 20th-century Kenyan women singers 21st-century Kenyan women singers Kenyan women television presenters Kenyan television presenters Kenyan audio engineers {{Kenya-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
