Festival Guests 2024
Angela Wachuka is Co-Founder of Book Bunk, an organisation restoring Nairobi's public libraries. She previously led Kwani Trust, East Africa's pioneering literary journal and publishing house. After earning a degree in Anthropology & Law from the London School of Economics (LSE), she worked at BBC's African News and Current Affairs.
Wachuka has held fellowships at the Kennedy Centre or the Performing Arts (Washington DC) and the Obama Foundation. Her expertise spans media, popular culture and creative industries. She has served as a judge for the Caine Prize for African Writing, is publisher at Bunk Books and director at NBO Litfest.