Jim Chuchu

A **Jim Chuchu** yaa Kenyã filim-gʋlsda, fotograaf, yɩɩn-gʋlsda la nin-naand sẽn yit Kenya. A paama pẽgre a sẽn yɩ Kenya mizik sull a ye sẽn boond t'a Just A Band la a sẽn wa n yaa Kenya LGBT filim ning sẽn yaa Stories of Our Lives wã taoor soaba.

## Tʋʋmde
A sẽn wa n bas kolɛɛsã yʋʋmd 2006 wã, a sɩngame n tʋmd ne piblisite. A basa a tʋʋmdã n lebg graphic designer sẽn yaa a meng soaba yʋʋmd 2006 wã saabẽ.

**2006-2012: A tʋʋm sɩngre**

Yʋʋmd 2008 wã, a Chuchu lugla Just A Band ne a Bill "Blinky" Sellanga la a Dan Muli, a sẽn da yã-b Kenyatta inivɛrsite wã. A Jim tʋma tʋʋm wʋsg sullã pʋgẽ, sẽn naag ne sullã pipi sɛb a tãabo, Scratch to Reveal, 82 la Sorry for the Delay, sẽn naan foto rãmb sullã yĩnga, la a dɩka sullã video-rãmb wʋsg taoor - sẽn naag ne "Ha-He" sẽn wa ne Makmende wã, sẽn kɩt tɩ Wall Street Journal, CNN la Fast Company bool video wã tɩ Keni wã pipi viral internet meme.

Yʋʋmd 2012 wã, a Chuchu lugla The Nest Collective, sẽn yaa tʋʋm-noy sẽn yaa toor-toore, sẽn be Nairobi.

Yʋʋmd 2013 tʋʋl-nif kiuugã, a Chuchu maana la a yiis Imaginary Chains wa Adeiyu. EP wã yɩɩl a yembr yʋʋr sẽn boond t'a Hollow paama Mercedes Benz Mixed Tape 55 pʋgẽ. A pʋga EP kãngã ne a sẽn yiisd a ye wã You Can't Break Her Heart yʋʋmd 2013 sɛbr kiuugã.

Yʋʋmd 2013 zĩ-likr kiuugã, a Just A Band wilgame t'a Chuchu basa sullã n na n tũ a so-pakrã. A sẽn yi wã poore, a Chuchu rɩka a pipi filim-bil ning sẽn yaa Homecoming wã n dɩt a tʋʋmde, a sẽn boond tɩ African Metropolis, a sẽn maana pipi wã 2013 Durban International Film Festival wã pʋgẽ,  n yaool n kẽng n tɩ ges 2013 Toronto International Film Festival wã,  la International Film Festival Rotterdam, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Film Festival Locarno la Seattle International Film Festival yʋʋmd 2014 wã.

Yʋʋmd 2014 tʋʋl-nif kiuugã pʋgẽ, a Chuchu fot-rãmb sull ning sẽn boond tɩ Pagans wã zĩnda dak ¢Art sẽn yaa yʋʋm 2014 kibsã pʋgẽ, sẽn yaa Afirikã yam-kaabl kareng yʋʋmd 11 soabã, tɩ yaa Precarious Imaging: Visibility and Media Surrounding African Queerness sẽn be Dakar, Senegaal wã. Senegal taoor dãmb wa n basa remsgã daar a yembre, tɩ b yeel tɩ b na n paka remsg nins sẽn na n wa gomd gom-bi-be-taarã yell beoog-daare.

**2014: D vɩɩmã kibare**

Yʋʋmd 2014 sɩpaolg kiuugã, a Chuchu yiisa a pipi filim ning sẽn yaa Stories of Our Lives wã, sẽn yaa filim-biis a nu sẽn tar kɩbay sẽn wilgd LGBT vɩɩm sẽn yaa sɩda Kenya pʋgẽ, a sẽn dɩt a nao wã. Filmã paama pipi waoongo Toronto International Film Festival sẽn zĩnd yʋʋmd 2014 wã pʋgẽ, tɩ pipi wã b pa kõ-a kaset ye. A Chuchu ne neb a taab sẽn yaa Nest Collective nin-buiidã a George Gachara la a Njoki Ngumi yãka yam n na n wilg b yʋya filimã pʋgẽ la sõsga pʋgẽ ne Toronto LGBT zʋrnall a Xtra!  B yiisa filimã kasetã, a Chuchu sẽn naan la a yɩɩl yɩɩl a naase

**Yʋʋmd 2014: Pagens**

Pagans yaa fot-rãmb sull a Chuchu sẽn naan n baood n na n "lebs pĩnd-n-taare Afrɩka wẽnnaam dãmb sẽn ka be yʋ-peellẽ wã, b karen-biisi, la tũudmã yel-manesem nins b sẽn yĩmdã". Tʋʋmd a yembr sẽn pa tar yʋ-peell sẽn yi yʋʋmd 2014 pʋgẽ wã wilgda "ned sẽn tar fuug sẽn yãgd la yĩns sẽn yaa kãn-kãe [sẽn] get yĩngri wa bugum la pɩgs sẽn yit a nengẽ wã". 26] Sẽn na yɩl n naan bõn-kãens, a Chuchu maana fot-rãmb sẽn yaa bũud la bũud ne nin-buiidã, n vẽeg la a ning bũmb a taab b zutu, n yaool n ges-b la a toeem-ba.

Foto rãmb wʋsg sẽn yit Pagã rãmb nengẽ la b wilg "Precarious Imaging: Visibility and Media Surrounding African Queerness" pukrã pʋgẽ, Dakar Biennal 11 soabã pʋgẽ. Tẽn-kãng yɩɩ pipi tẽn-kãng sẽn da gomd gom-yoodã yelle. Senegal goosneerã yika remsgã tao-tao, a sẽn wa n wa ne Moslem nin-tũusds nins sẽn kɩɩsd gom-yoodã Senegaallã sẽn sãam remsgã.

## Filmografe
**Filmsã**

* 2014: *Stories of Our Lives*

**Enternet wã yel-segdɩ**

* 2016: *Tuko Macho*

## Video
* 2013: Just A Band - *Matatizo* (co-director)
* 2011: Just A Band - *Huff and Puff* (co-director)
* 2011: Just A Band - *Away*
* 2010: Just A Band - *Ha-He!*
* 2009: Just A Band - *Usinibore*
* 2009: Stan - *Wangeci*
* 2009: Just A Band - *If I Could*
* 2009: Just A Band - *Highway*
* 2008: Just A Band - *Hey!*
* 2008: Just A Band - *Fly*
* 2008: Manjeru - *Lalalalala*
* 2008: Atemi - *Speechless*
* 2008: Just A Band - *Iwinyo Piny*
* 2008: Mena - *Maisha*

## Tigis-kãsemse
B wilga a Jim fot-rãmb la video-rãmb a sẽn maan zĩis nins sẽn pʋgdã:

* 2014: "Afropean Mimicry and Mockery", Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt.
* 2014: "Shifting Africa", Mediations Biennale Poznan, Poland.
* 2014: "Precarious Imaging", Raw Center for Art, Knowledge and Society, Dakar.
* 2014: "Future Reflexions: Five Positions of Contemporary African Art", Glasgow
* 2011: "Kudishnyao!" (Just A Band), Rush Arts Gallery (New York) and Goethe-Institut Nairobi
* 2010: "Mwangalio Tofauti: Nine Photographers from Kenya", Nairobi Gallery
* 2009: "TRNSMSSN:" (Just A Band), Goethe-Institut Nairobi
* 2009: "Amnesia": Nairobi National Museum.
* 2008: "24: Nairobi - Walkers and Workers", Goethe-Institut, Nairobi.

**Album-rãmb**

* 2012: *Sorry for the Delay*
* 2010: *82*
* 2008: *Scratch To Reveal*

### EP la yɩɩl a ye

* 2014: *Stories of Our Lives: Music from and Inspired by the Film* (EP)
* 2014 Mayonde - "Isikuti Love" (Single)
* 2014 Jarel - "The Plus Minus Collection" (EP)
* 2013: Adeiyu - "You Can't Break Her Heart" (Single)
* 2013: Various Artists - *The NEST Presents: Legacy* (Compilation EP)
* 2013: Adeiyu - *Imaginary Chains* (EP)

### Mixtapes la Remix Albums

* 2011: The Just A Band Boxing Day Special
* 2011: Kudish: The Sound of Soup

## Sebre
* *Iwalewa: Four Views into Contemporary Africa*. Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth (2013). .
* *Mwangalio Tofauti” – Nine Photographers from Kenya*. Contact Zones NRB, Nairobi (2012). 
* *24: Nairobi*. Kwani Trust, Nairobi (2010). .

## Sebtiise