| 词条 | Wanjiku the Teacher |
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| name = Wanjiku the Teacher | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Caroline Wanjiku | birth_date = | birth_place = Nairobi County | death_date = | death_place = | education = Mass Communication.[1] | medium = Television, comedy | nationality = Kenyan | active = Since 2007 | genre = Comedy | subject = Various | spouse = {{marriage|Victor Ber |2014||end=}} | domestic partner = | notable_work = Churchill Show | signature = | website = {{URL|wanjikutheteacher.com/}} | footnotes = | module = }} Carolyne Wanjiku Tharau, most commonly known as Wanjiku the Teacher or Teacher Wanjiku,[2] is a Kenyan comedian, actress, and producer. She founded and is the CEO of Mwalimu Production a content creating company and where the character Teacher Wanjiku is improved and animated specifically for children.[3][4] CareerWanjiku started the character of Teacher Wanjiku in a Heartstrings play called 43rd Kenyan tribe in 2007. She received critical acclaim and went ahead to take part in other set book plays and worked on more than 30 plays while being aided by directors Sammy Mwangi and Victor Ber, the latter who later became her husband. Her big break was when she started doing stand up on her first performance at the Churchill Show in 2013 getting more than 200,000 Youtube views and more offers thereafter. She has since then appeared on a number of stages in Kenya and abroad including The Hot Seatand so on. She left Churchill in 2014 after her contract expired[5] and came back with a guest performance as the show celebrated 15 years which was also Daniel's 40th birthday.[6] She had her first television debut on Citizen TV[7][8][9] in 2014 after leaving Churchill Show. Her show Teacher Wanjiku debuted on Citizen TV in the same week as Ugandan comedian Anne Kansiime's Dont Mess With Kansiime. Her show was however scrapped off citing production standards.[10] She then took a break from live performance to go have her baby. She came back with a one man show at National theatre in 2016 and was a success.[11] Wanjiku has been brand ambassador for a number brands including Airtel, Airtel Money, Unilevers Blue Band, Honda, Bata, USAID, National Bank and so many others. She became a Dettol Ambassador after former ambassadors Julie Gichuru, Lulu Hassan and Patience Ozokwor. She also worked in the office of the president, at nation media group as a radio presenter at Q FM,[12] Kenya Literature Bureau educating children about there sexuality, USAID promoting police reforms, Theirworld film campaign . In 2017, Wanjiku appeared in Theirworld's #5for5 campaign to show the importance of early childhood development. The campaign also featured other notable names like Rainn Wilson, Jackie Tohn, Matt Lucas, Wendy Liebman, Shappi Khorsandi and Nish Kumar[13] Teacher Wanjiku (character)Wanjiku the teacher's charactor is shaped and acted by Caroline Wanjiku herself. The character is a teacher heavily influenced by her mother tongue. She dresses mostly almost as a clown in a dotted dress and big transparent eye glasses. Caroline Wanjiku has been writing scripts for the character and performed the character live and on television mostly in Swahili and directed by her manager, director and husband Victor Ber. AcclaimWanjiku the teacher was well received by the comedy audiences in Kenya and beyond referring to her as the biggest, wittiest female comedian in Kenya, fastest rising comedian[14] as others called her Kenya's Queen of Comedy.[15][16] Shows
Personal lifeShe was born and raised in Nairobi County. She is the fourth born in a family of six. She got married in December 2014 to creative director, producer and her manager Victor Ber in a private ceremony at St. Pauls Catholic Church, University way, Nairobi.[18] References1. ^{{cite web |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Wanjiku The Teacher-Churchill!!! |url=https://diasporamessenger.com/2013/09/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-wanjiku-the-teacher-churchill/ |website=Diaspora Messenger |accessdate=15 June 2018}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wanjiku Tharau, Carolyne}}2. ^{{cite web |title=Meet Caroline Wanjiku aka Teacher Wanjiku |url=http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co.ke/people-daily/417749/meet-caroline-wanjiku-aka-teacher-wanjiku/ |website=Mediamax Network |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Wanjiku The Teacher Biography, Family |url=https://softkenya.com/kenya/wanjiku-the-teacher/ |website=Soft Kenya |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=MEET WANJIKU THE TEACHER |url=http://www.wanjikutheteacher.com/BIO.html |website=Wanjiku the Teacher |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Any regrets? Teacher Wanjiku finally speaks on why she left Churchill Show |url=https://edaily.co.ke/entertainment/any-regrets-teacher-wanjiku-finally-speaks-on-why-she-left-churchill-show-123174/enews/celebs/ |website=E Daily, Kenya |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 6. ^{{cite news |title=Comedian Teacher Wanjiku Makes Major Comeback at Churchill Show. Kenyans React |url=https://kiss100.co.ke/comedian-teacher-wanjiku-makes-major-comeback-churchill-show-kenyans-react/ |accessdate=15 June 2018 |agency=Kiss 100}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=Top female comedian, Teacher Wanjiku, set to launch her own show |url=https://www.sde.co.ke/article/2000113906/top-female-comedian-teacher-wanjiku-set-to-launch-her-own-show |accessdate=15 June 2018 |agency=SDE News}} 8. ^{{cite news |title=Teacher Wanjiku To Launch New Show on Citizen TV |url=http://nairobiwire.com/2014/02/teacher-wanjiku-transfer-citizen-tv.html |accessdate=15 June 2018 |agency=Nairobi News}} 9. ^{{cite web |title=Wanjiku The Teacher Opens Her Own "School" |url=https://www.ulizalinks.co.ke/wanjiku-teacher-opens-school/ |website=Uliza Links |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 10. ^{{cite web |title=WHY TEACHER WANJIKU SHOW HAS BEEN PULLED OFF CITIZEN TV!!! |url=http://diasporamessenger.com/2014/02/why-teacher-wanjiku-show-has-been-pulled-off-citizen-tv/ |website=Diaspora Messenger |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 11. ^{{cite web |title=Queen of comedy Teacher Wanjiku makes grand comeback |url=https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/chillax/queen-of-comedy-teacher-wanjiku-makes-grand-comeback/ |website=Nairobi News |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 12. ^{{cite news |title=Teacher Wanjiku joins Q FM |url=https://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/buzz/Teacher-Wanjiku-joins-Q-FM/441236-2555270-qcwe74z/index.html |accessdate=15 June 2018 |work=Daily Nation}} 13. ^{{cite web |title=Watch Teacher Wanjiku become the latest comedian to back #5for5 campaign |url=https://theirworld.org/news/kenyan-comedian-teacher-wanjiku-dresses-like-baby-in-5for5-campaign-film |website=Theirworld |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 14. ^{{cite web |title=Fastest rising comedian 'Teacher Wanjiku' 'steals' bestfriend's husband |url=https://www.sde.co.ke/thenairobian/article/2000114366/fastest-rising-comedian-teacher-wanjiku-steals-bestfriend-s-husband |website=SDE |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 15. ^{{cite web |title=Teacher Wanjiku opens up about her private life |url=https://www.sde.co.ke/article/2000113666/teacher-wanjiku-opens-up-about-her-private-life |website=SDE |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 16. ^{{cite web |title=Kenya's wittiest, funniest comedians in a grand comeback thrill |url=https://classic105.com/kenyas-wit-ti-est-funniest-comedians-in-a-grand-comeback-thrill/ |website=Classic 105 |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 17. ^{{cite web |title=Teacher Wanjiku lands new job after getting fired from Citizen |url=https://www.pulselive.co.ke/entertainment/kenyan-comedy-teacher-wanjiku-lands-new-job-after-getting-fired-from-citizen-id6583986.html |website=Pulse Live |accessdate=14 July 2018}} 18. ^{{cite web |title=Teacher Wanjiku's Wedding PHOTOS |url=http://nairobiwire.com/2014/12/teacher-wanjikus-wedding-photos.html |website=Nairobi Wire |accessdate=15 June 2018}} 4 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Kenyan comedians|Kenyan actresses |
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