Malaika Uwamahoro (formerly Angel Uwamahoro, born 1990) is a Rwandan-born actress,[1] poet, singer,[2] and social justice activist.[3][4] She resides in
Portland, Maine, United States.[5]
She featured in Tomas Petkovski's 2018 film, LoveLess Generation.[8] In a television series created in the same year by Tola Olatunji[9] titled, Yankee Hustle, also featuring
Jide Kosoko,
Uche Jombo, Kara Rainer and others, she plays the role of "Princess".[10]
In 2019, she was featured in the film directed by the
Franco-Afghan filmmaker
Atiq Rahimi, Our Lady of the Nile (
French:Notre-Dame du Nil).[11][12][13][14][15] She also made her debut stage play, Miracle in Rwanda again featured in the
off-Broadway play by Leslie Lewis Sword and Edward Vilga titled, Miracle in Rwanda.[16][4][1] For this play, she was nominated in the Best Solo Performance category at the 2019
VIV Award.[17]
Music
She was featured by Mucyo (a Rwandan singer) in a song titled Stickin' 2 You, produced by Eloi El.[18]
Poetry and others
She performed at the International Day of Reflection on the
Genocide in Rwanda in 2017.[7] She was named as one of the performers at the 2019 DanceAfrica event.[19] In 2020, during the
lockdown, she was said to have written the poem, I Don't Mind!.[3]
She was one of the speakers nominated to speak at the Forbes Woman Africa 2020 Leading Women Summit, held in
Durban,
South Africa.[5][20]