Rob Burnet
Creator, Shujaaz
Rob is the director of Well Told Story, a multi-award-winning Kenyan communications design and production company, founded in 2009, which created, designed and produced Shujaaz FM. Arriving in Kenya from Scotland nearly 20 years ago, Rob set up the Kenyan visual arts studios, Kuona Trust, worked as a professional musician, and established and led the Ford Foundation's programme for Media Arts and Culture in Eastern Africa.
Don’t romanticise; don’t patronise
Posted 30 March 2012
This Sunday, 1 April 2012, our tiny, Kenyan, DFID-funded media project is going to be on the red carpet in Cannes, France. The reason: Shujaaz has been nominated for the children and young people's category of the International Digital Emmy® Awards. Let me give you the inside track on our project: Shujaaz means 'hero' in [...]
