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Shabu Mwangi

Kenyan 1985- 

Born in 1985, Shabu Mwangi is a Kenyan artist based in Mukuru, an informal settlement in Nairobi, where he founded the Wajukuu Art Project in 2003. His work explores societal inequality, human behaviour, and collective amnesia, reflecting on how deeply inequities and frustrations impact society. Mwangi’s mixed-media compositions address themes of migration, statelessness, and national misidentification, while questioning the political, social, and cultural divides that hinder unity. With a focus on structural violence and human interaction, his art seeks to spark reflection on identity, empathy, and the consequences of our egos.

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