Lupita Nyong’o Speaks Bluntly About Her Dad to CNN

Kenyan actor Lupita Nyong’o has become a rising star in the film industry after her award-winning performance in the movie “12 Years a Slave,” but there is much more to her story than her breakout role or how she captivates the cameras on the red carpet.

This week on CNN’s ‘African Voices’, Stephanie Elam speaks with the actor about her journey from Kenya to Hollywood, with a couple of stops in Mexico. There’s also a look back at some rare video showing Nyong’o perfecting her craft as an acting student, before she got her big break.

Nyong’o speaks frankly to CNN about her father, Kenyan politician Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Secretary-General of the Orange Democratic Movement: “My father was a politician.  At the time he was a professor of political science.  He was organising for democracy in Kenya; we were under an autocratic regime.  After an unfortunate series of events including the disappearance of his brother, he went into political exile in Mexico and I was born in his last year there.”

The interview on ‘African Voices’ airs tomorrow, Friday February 7th at 11:30am with a repeat broadcast on Saturday 18:30pm, Sunday 12:00pm, and Monday 13:30pm.

Tune in to CNN on DStv Channel 401.