Yankho Kamwendo (born 1 November 1978) is a Swedish TV personality and

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. Kamwendo is best known for his role as Lennart in the TV show ''Leende guldbruna ögon'' and hosting popular children's television shows ''

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'' and '' TV-skeppet''. Kamwendo has also been featured in the popular live sing-along television show ''

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''. He has toured extensively with national theatre company the

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, performing the play ''Elddop''. Kamwendo has also initiated a documentary about

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

an children who became orphans after losing their parents to

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Personal life

Yankho Kamwendo's father was born in

and his mother hails from

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. Kamwendo lives in

Hammarbyhöjden Hammarbyhöjden is a city district in Stockholm, Sweden. The district is split across two boroughs: Most of it is located in Skarpnäck borough, the subdistrict Blåsut is located in the Enskede-Årsta-Vantör borough. As of December 31, 2007, ...

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. He is an

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enthusiast and has been involved with missionary aid work in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamwendo, Yankho 1978 births Living people Swedish television presenters Swedish Christians Swedish male television actors Swedish male stage actors 21st-century Swedish male actors Male actors from Uppsala Swedish people of Malawian descent