Dr. Wairimu Kiambuthi is a Kenyan

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and

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Early life and education

Kiambuthi was born in

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. In 1999, she wrote her dissertation at

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, titled "Increasing Gender Awareness in Northern Kenya Through a Video Curriculum"

Career

Kiambuthi was formerly a

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in Theatre Arts and Film Technology at

Kenyatta University Kenyatta University (KU) is a public university with its main campus in Nairobi, Kenya. It acquired the status of university in 1985, being the third university after University of Nairobi (1970) and Moi University (1984). As of October 2014, it ...

and a

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. Kiambuthi went on to direct the film ''Africans and African-Americans in the United States'', a

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released in 2006. The film aims to promote understanding between

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and was featured at the

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in New York. As of 2016, Kiambuthi is an instructor at

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Filmography

* ''Africans and African-Americans in the United States'' (2006)

References

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