Acaye Kerunen

Acaye Kerunen is a multidisciplinary performance and installation artist, storyteller, writer, actress and activist based in Kampala, Uganda. She was named by Vogue Italia Magazine in 2012 as one of the social activists in Africa to watch. An actress since a young age, Acaye became Founding Director of KEBU Theatre and has gone on to work with other theatre companies as director, producer and composer. Her poetry and musical theatre scripts have been published and premiered by the Uganda National Theatre as well as Phoenix Theatre in Kenya. A writer for various online and print media, both locally and internationally, her stories have been published by Uganda’s Ministry of Education, Bayimba Productions and FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers' Association. Acaye holds a BSc in Mass Communication and a Diploma in Information Systems Management.