Human rights activist Bantu Mwaura found dead


Published on 27/04/2009

By Standard Reporter

Police are investigating the death of a human rights activist and university lecturer Bantu Mwaura, whose body was found outside his gate at Sunlight estate in Nairobi’s Lang’ata area, on Monday morning.

Sources said that family members of Bantu, who was also a renowned thespian, director, poet and storyteller, had reported him missing on Friday. Bantu was a respected poet whose work in English, Kiswahili and Gikuyu has been published in several journals.

He had a PhD in Performance Studies from the New York University and a Masters in Theatre Studies from Leeds University (UK).

 

 

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