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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.