JAL, JULIANI AND BONNY LAUNCH SMS PEACE LINE

In a collective effort to engage and empower youth across Kenya, Kenya’s most inspiring and social conscious lyricist Juliani, Emmanuel Jal,artist and award‐winning photo-activist Boniface Mwangi held what was a first in a series of youth meetings.In the country's hip hop capital of Dandora on Sunday 4 September 2011. Dedicated to positive social change, Juliani's 'Kama Si Sisi’ initiative

NGUGI WA THIONGO FOR POST ELECTION EXHIBITION IN THE US

Author and professor Ngugi Wa Thiongo will be taking part in the exhibition in America called Never Again, of photos taken during the post poll violence by CNN photojournalist of the year award winner Boniface Mwangi. This will take place in Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) at The Center for African Studies (CAS) from February 14 to 28.Ngugi who recently launched his childhood

EMMANUEL JAL TO FEATURE IN PICHA MTAANI DOCUMENTARY

Emmanuel Jal will feature in the upcoming documentary Picha Mtaani, initiated by CNN photojournalist of the year Boniface Mwangi.The initiative is a youth-led national reconciliation initiative established to “to engage the Kenyan youth in finding lasting solutions to attaining peace and reconciliation; to healing the nation”.Jal speaks about how he witnessed his auntie been raped at the age of

KENYA'S CNN JOURNALIST WINNERS 2010

Winners in the individual competition categories are: MOHAMED AMIN PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARDWinner: Boniface Mwangi, Freelance for The Star, Kenya Title: Body of work ‘The Boy Child in Sub Saharan Africa’Judge’s Citation: The set of pictures bring us directly to the life of the African child. It is a piece of Artwork achieved by the quality of the photos, the angles of contrasts between colourful

BONNY’S STRUGGLE TO GET MPS TO SEE KENYA BURNING

Boniface Mwangi, the CNN photojournalist of the year, exhibited the gory images from Kenya Burning, which is a collection of post-election violence photos taken by the photojournalists at the height of the violence early last year when the country teetered on the brink of civil war. The exhibition dubbed Conference On Citizenship And Development: Reflections On Change was at the Hilton Hotel

Photographer Boniface Mwangi banned by Facebook

The first Kenyan photojournalist to win the CNN Multichoice Journalist Award has been banned by social networking site Facebook. Boniface Mwangi who won the CNN Africa Photojournalist of the Year 2008 is starting up a new Facebook profile after his was deleted last week due to his radical status updates. Commenting on the issue he said, “I was removed from Facebook due to controversial updates

Post Election Violence Through The Lens

Boniface Mwangi, known to many as Bonny is 25 year-old Kenyan who has beendoing photography since 2005. His book, The Price of Tribal Politics, is the story of Kenya’s post‑election violence through the lens of a photojournalist.Mwangi has received several awards including The CNN Photo Journalist Award Of The Year 2008.He has also worked as a stringer for the major wire agencies during the