Kweku Mandela

Trustee - Marketing & Communications

Kweku was born in Transkei, South Africa and grew up in America only returning to his homeland in 1993.
He attended APA International Film School in Sydney with long-time collaborator Stefan Vincent. They are currently working on a number of projects together.

Kweku is very active in the South African Film and Entertainment industries, directing and producing projects with his South African production company Out Of Africa Entertainment and working on a variety of other locally produced films.

 

Recently, Kweku Executive Produced acclaimed Novel “The Bang Bang Club” into a feature film, was released in early 2011. He has worked with and Supported Oxfam Australia and Make Poverty History. In mid-2009 he co-founded Africa Rising with his cousin Ndaba Mandela and their dream of changing Africa’s image and fostering young leadership and partnerships around the world was started.