Very proud of this girl - we don't need Brand Kenya with pips like Lupita and our athletes.

BTW, am curious about the elephant in the room: she very rarely mentions her dad, at her nomination she mentioned her uncle. Iko nini hapa? Her mum?

Lupita and Oscar.

Let me tell you what I like about Lupita Nyong'o. I have hung around many privileged kids. The sort of people Dagitari Kigogoine calls "Children of rich" who live in "Nairobi of up". A number are truly amazing, industrious guys among them. On te other hand, many spend their lives leveraging their parents' or families' social and political capital. They make the most out of their surnames. They go about the place asking anyone and everyone, " Do you know who I am? My mom/ dad is......." You know them, the spoilt brats with formidable entoutrages, hogging all the attention in an otherwise tranquil gathering, wity the result that all fingers, approving and otherwise, point at them.

I like that in the wake of her fame, Lupita had to inform people that she is the daughter of a Kenyan politician. And people would go, "You're kidding me, right!". She served tea and doughnuts on the set of the Constant Gardener, just to absorb the artistic vibe in there, as her father announced to the world that he blows 2500 bob on lunch. She did not alight from muscular Prados with bodyguards around her, with a note 'From Hon Nyong'o's Desk' requesting placement for the daughter, your kind assistance will be highly appreciated, amen. She worked her ass off with cheerful self deprecation, and gave all it takes to be really good at what she does. She learnt the art and craft required to set her inborn talent off.

Perhaps she had to. How would a professor of political science and economics, also a politician, be of help to a budding film star? Similarly, Prof is the son of an Anglican Canon. Eh he. Ni kujipanga. Those saying thatt Lupita is a typical product of middle class privilege are hobbled by a punishing load of myopic, envious negativity.

Now we must bow at her feet.

And what an eloquent acceptance speech

thanks @Siringi for ashaming the doomsayers for the family simply because they don't like Prof.

Congratulations to Lupita...after scooping almost all curtain raiser awards, the Oscar was almost assured. Now her commanding fee per movie has just shot up, big achievement for putting Kenya in the map in such a big stage. Now I'll be all the more excited to catch Non - Stop, I like Liam Neeson.

In other news, I have to watch Dallas Buyers Club coz I thought Leonardo Di Caprio was brilliant in Wolf of Wall Street and it did not win any of the major awards. I think the R rating put it out of contention. Frankly speaking I did not expect 12 Years a Slave to win Best Picture but sometimes Oscars are awarded to make political statements.

Well in Lupita, the ceiling just became the floor...now we await Best Actor in the near future...

Hawa watu wa jumbiree!

I watched the movie and made similar observations over a month ago. The movie is great but i believe that Lupita's role/acting has been exaggerated maybe for political correctness. This was my comment then: http://www.wazua.co.ke/forum.aspx?g=posts&t=25905&p=10