1. Boniface Mwangi was born on July 10,1983 and is a Kenyan photojournalist, politician and activist involved in social-political activism.
16 Facts About Boniface Mwangi
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Boniface Mwangi is known for his images of the post-election violence that hit Kenya in 2007 and 2008.
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Boniface Mwangi's mother was a businesswoman who traded across the border.
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Boniface Mwangi started living with his grandparents in Nyeri, Central Kenya, when he was six.
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Boniface Mwangi later moved in with his mother in Nairobi's low-income suburb of Ngara, then a high-rise in Majengo, Githurai 45, before finally settling in Pangani.
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Boniface Mwangi dropped in and out of school during this period and helped his mother vend books.
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Boniface Mwangi joined a Bible school with the intention of becoming a pastor, and secured a diploma in biblical studies.
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Boniface Mwangi was influenced by the Kenyan photographer Mohamed Amin.
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Boniface Mwangi published photographs in the national newspaper The Standard, and in 2005 won his first photography prizes.
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Boniface Mwangi was awarded the 2008 and 2010 CNN Africa Photojournalist of the Year Award.
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Boniface Mwangi quit journalism after witnessing and documenting post-election violence in Kenya in 2007 as a newspaper photographer.
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Boniface Mwangi experienced posttraumatic stress and depression.
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Boniface Mwangi formed Ukweli Party and was a candidate for the Starehe Constituency member of Parliament seat in the 2017 Kenyan general election.
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Boniface Mwangi was arrested by police in May 2019 for allegedly organizing a revolution in Kenya.
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In October 2016, Boniface Mwangi linked William Ruto to the assassination of a murdered Jubilee government critic Jacob Juma and that Ruto wanted him dead as well.
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Boniface Mwangi is married to Hellen Njeri Mwangi, whom he works with at Pawa 254.