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BY Mildred Europa Taylor, 1:00pm December 05, 2019,

Meet the Kenyans who made their mark in Hollywood way before Lupita Nyong’o

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by Mildred Europa Taylor, 1:00pm December 05, 2019,
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Charles Gitonga Maina

The 6’10” Kenyan-born former actor and basketball player is famed for his co-starring role in the 1994 film The Air Up There. In the Hollywood film, Maina played the role of a tall African basketball player who was under the wing of an American coach. Maina later featured in the episode “Lostland” of the television series SeaQuest DSV.

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