Lupita Nyong’o ubuyela kwiingcambu zakhe kwi-cover ka-Oktobha 2016 yeMagazini yeVogue. Ifotwe ngu UMario Testino kwilali yakhe yaseKenya, umlingisi unxibe ilokhwe yeChanel kunye namacici eCara Croninger. Umhleli wefashoni UTone Goodman ukhetha ezinye zezona prints zibalaseleyo zeLupita zokunxiba kubandakanya uChloe, Olowu kunye no-3.1 uPhillip Lim.
Kudliwanondlebe lwakhe, uLupita uthetha ngemigangatho yobuhle, “Umbono wobuhle waseYurophu uyasichaphazela sonke. Ndabuya ekhaya ndivela ekholejini ekuqaleni kwamawaka amabini kwaye ndabona iintengiso kumabonwakude nentombazana engakwaziyo ukufumana umsebenzi. Usebenzisa le mveliso. Ulufumana lula ulusu lwakhe. Uyawufumana umsebenzi. Ukulawula ulusu olukhaphukhaphu yinto eqhelekileyo ekukhuleni eNairobi. Ukubizwa ngokuba ‘yimamba emnyama.’ Ukuvutha kade kokuqonda enye into kulunge ngakumbi kunawe.”
Lupita Nyong’o – iVogue Magazine – October 2016
Iifoto: Vogue/Mario Testino
ULupita Nyong’o –uKumkanikazi waseKatwe
Ukongeza kwikamva lakhe IVogue ikhava, uLupita Nyong'o unokubonwa ethatha indima kaNakku Harriet 'kwi-Queen of Katwe'. Lo mboniso bhanyabhanya ubalisa ngebali le-chess yase-Uganda u-Phiona Mutesi owaba yiNgcweti yoMgqatswa woMfazi. Ethetha ngefilimu neli phephancwadi, uLupita uthi, “Kukho amakhadi athile endiwafumeneyo endiwathathayo. Ndifuna ukudala amathuba kwabanye abantu bemibala kuba ndinethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo lokuba neqonga lokwenza oko. Yiyo loo nto i-Eclipsed kunye neKumkanikazi yaseKatwe ibaluleke kakhulu, ukutshintsha ibali, ukunika ilensi entsha yobu-Afrika. "
