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                                                                                            Legacy                                                                                            Fredi Kruga  Nwaka is an Award-

                                                                                                                                                                                              winning actor, scriptwriter and film
                                                                                                                                                                                              Director. Formerly, a bodyguard for
                                                                                                                                                                                              the rich and famous and also a UK
                                                                                                                                                                                              recording artist, he boasts the title
                                                                                            2018 Co-                                                                                          of being the only British rap artist


                                                                                                                                                                                              ever signed to US Rap Giants Wu
                                                                                                                                                                                              Tang Clan, but decided to turn his
                                                                                                                                                                                              skills to film. Fredi has worked with
                                                                                                                                                                                              Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, Brenda
                                                                                            Hosts                                                                                             Blethyn, Tom Hardy, Ashley Walters,

                                                                                                                                                                                              DMX and Bob Hoskins just to name
                                                                                                                                                                                              a few. Always one to give back to
                                                                                                                                                                                              the community and never forgetting

                                                                                                                                                                                              his roots, he also runs his own
                                                                                                                                                                                              not- for-profit organisation called
                                                                                                                                                                                              Creating Role Models which works
                                                                                                                                                                                              with ex-offenders and young people
                                                                       Brenda Emmanus has had a long and
                                                                                                                                                                                              steering them away from gang culture
                                                                       consistent career in the media covering
                                                                                                                                                                                              and youth violence. He presents
                                                                       print journalism, radio and television. As
                                                                                                                                                                                              workshops and inspirational talks
                                                                       a woman who thrives on challenges, she
                                                                                                                                                                                              in schools, Pupil Referral Units and
                                                                       has spent the last two years on the Clore
                                                                                                                                                                                              colleges.
                                                                       Leadership Programme – a prestigious
                                                                       development programme for Arts Leaders.
                                                                       Brenda is perhaps best known as the Arts
                                                                       and Entertainment Correspondent for BBC
                                                                       London News interviewing A-list celebrities
                                                                       from Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey and Robert

                                                                       Redford, to international artists and fashion
                                                                       designers including Karl Lagerfeld and
             Brenda Emmanus                                            Alexander McQueen, Yinka Shonibare and

             -                                                         Oscar winning filmmaker Steve McQueen.                                 Fredi “Kruga” Nwaka
                                                                       Previously an Arts and Features Editor
                                                                       for the Voice, she has throughout her                                  -
                                                                       career constantly mentored young people,
                                                                       particularly women, aspiring to a career in
                                                                       the media business.
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