Rwanda: Anita Pendo, the Four-in-One Entertainer

3 December 2012
Rwanda Focus (Kigali)
By Sarah Asiimwe

When it comes to the entertainment industry, there's a great variety of jobs. Some are radio presenters, others are DJs; there are MCs at ceremonies, and there are actors. Given the embryonic nature of some of those entertainment areas, it's not difficult to combine two of such activities, but to be involved in all four must be quite a challenge. Yet for Anita Pendo, it's all in a day's work.

From the start, Pendo was close to the entertainment sector since she comes from a family which has many members plying the trade. Yet that didn't make it easy to follow in their footsteps, because at the time (and even today) a girl in the limelight was still frowned upon by society. "It was a challenge but being the energetic person that I am, and with constant practice, everything just seems to fall in place eventually."

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