Wadu goes solo on journey through 30 years of his work

Carpenter

'Carpenter', by Sane Wadu. PHOTO | KARI MUTU 

Walter Njuguna Mbugua, aka Sane Wadu, took a circuitous route into the world of art and has not stopped painting for over 30 years. He worked as a teacher, court clerk, writer and actor, but none of these allowed him the expression he was looking for.

“I will not say I became an artist. I was born an artist,” he said in an interview. “I wanted to be heard, to be understood.”