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Malaika Uwamahoro (formerly Angel Uwamahoro, born 1990) is a Rwandan-born actress, poet, singer, social justice activist. She resides in Portland, Maine, USA.

Early life and education
Uwamahoro was born in Rwanda in 1990. Due to events leading to the subsequent 1994 Rwandan genocide, her mother fled with her to Uganda where she lived for seven years, then to the USA and finally in 2001, back to Rwanda. She obtained a BA in Theatre Studies at Fordham University, New York City.

Film
She featured in Tomas Petkovski's 2018 film, LoveLess Generation. In a television series created in the same year by Tola Olatunji titled, Yankee Hustle, also featuring Jide Kosoko, Uche Jombo, Kara Rainer and others, she plays the role of "Princess".

In 2019, she was featured in the film directed by the Franco-Afghan filmmaker, Atiq Rahimi titled, Our Lady of the Nile (French: Notre-Damme du Nil). She also made her debute stage play, Miracle in Rwanda again featured in the off-Broadway play by Leslie Lewis Sword and Edward Vilga titled, Miracle in Rwanda. For this play, she was nominated in the Best Solo Performance category at the 2019 VIV Award.

Music
She was featured in Rwandan singer Mucyo's song, Stickin' 2 You, produced by Eloi El.

Poetry and others
She performed at the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda in 2017. She was named as one of the performers at the 2019 DanceAfrica event. In 2020, during the lockdown, she was said to have written the poem, I Don't Mind!.

She was one of the speakers nominated to speak at the Forbes Woman Africa 2020 Leading Women Summit, held in Durban, South Africa.