
Artist Portrait: Elimo Njau
Filmed by Matteo Lonardi, Commissioned by Haus der Kunst and NCAI Elimo Njau’s life and work epitomise trans-East African migration; born in Tanzania in 1932 and formally trained as an artist at Makere University’s Margaret Trowell Fine Art School in Uganda, he later made Kenya his home, establishing the renowned Paa Ya Paa Centre in Ridgeways, Nairobi. In this video, he discusses his early occupation with portraiture and the influence of his family on his foray into drawing