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Len-uh No-zeez-way<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Lena Nozizwe is an award-winning visual and verbal storyteller. Her writing, films, and video news stories have been read and seen by millions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her news stories and films have been featured on KCET.com, Link-TV,<\/a> AJ+<\/a>, FOX, CBS, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her radio documentaries have been aired internationally including via DW<\/a>, Gravy <\/a>and Making Contact.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is the creator and host of Tupac\u2019s Murder Was His Case<\/a>. The podcast provides an exclusive look at the original investigation of the actor and rapper\u2019s murder through the recollections of retired LVMPD homicide detective Brent Becker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nozizwe\u2019s photographs have been featured in a variety of newspapers, magazines, books, and online news outlets. Her award-winning photograph of a demonstrator at a protest just two days after Russia invaded Ukraine was featured in the ASMPLA exhibition 2022: A Year in Duality.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

High-profile cases Nozizwe has covered include the murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., the Oklahoma City Bombing, the murder of Gianni Versace, the West Memphis Three, and multiple racial justice protests in Southern California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her stories have taken her everywhere from Dakar to Dublin, from Paris to Portland, and from Stockholm to San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nozizwe is the author of \u201cStarring in Your Own Life,\u201d<\/a> published by Simon & Schuster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She has been nominated for a national Emmy, she is the winner of a local Emmy, and the winner of a Golden Mike. In addition, her reporting<\/a> on a Mexican chef who runs a soul food restaurant in South Los Angeles contributed to the win of a James Beard Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her downtime, she loves to sew, knit, crochet and embroider, just like her mother, Dr. Alice Princess Msumba Siwundhla\u2013the acclaimed author and public speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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