Awam Amkpa
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Awam Amkpa is a Nigerian-American interdisciplinary artist, practitioner-director, playwright, actor, filmmaker and global curator of visual and performing arts and film festivals. He is Vice Provost for the Arts, and Dean of Arts and Humanities at New York University Abu Dhabi."[1][2]
Background
[edit]He received his B.A. in Dramatic Arts from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria where he studied under the tutelage of Wole Soyinka, his M.A. in Drama from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and his Ph.D. from University of Bristol, Bristol, England.
Career
[edit]He has directed and written over 100 plays and numerous films, most recently, The Man Died (2024), inspired by Wole Soyinka’s memoir. It has won numerous awards, namely, Best Director at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards 2025; Best Screenplay Award at the Carthage Film Festival, Tunis and African International Film Festival, Lagos; Best Audience Choice Award at Eastern Nigeria International Film Festival; Best Film That Tackles an Important African Issue’ at the Luxor African Film Festival.[3]
He has curated art exhibits globally namely, ReSignifications; Africa: See You, See Me. He is Vice Provost for the Arts, and Dean of Arts and Humanities at New York University Abu Dhabi.[4][5]
Interviews
[edit]"Awam Amkpa: And So On,"[6] in Guernica Magazine, May 2025[7]
"Awam Amkpa: What’s Missing Will be Found,"[8] in Guernica Magazine, October 2024[9]
Books
[edit]ReSignifications: European Blackamoors, Africana Readings. Edited catalogue published by Postcart, Rome, Italy. 2016
Africa: See You, See Me. Edited catalogue, Africa.Cont, Lisboa. 2013
Filmography
[edit]Truly, Madly, Deeply, 1991 - a ghost Director/Editor, ‘Accra: A Pan-African Rupture’ 75 mins
Director/Editor, ‘A Very Very Short Story of Nollywood’ 15 mins Produced by Manthia Diawara. 2008
Director, ‘Women of Agbogloshi’ 12 mins- short documentary on Muslim women in Accra. 2007
Director, ‘Voices Against Aids’ 5 mins ‘Hip-Life’ music video shot and broadcast in Ghana for the West African Aids Federation. 2007
Assistant Director, Conakry Kas, directed by Manthia Diawara 2006
Assistant Director, Bamako Sigi-Kan, directed by Manthia Diawara. 2005
Director, Editor, Wazobia! Feature film written and produced by Tess Onwueme. 2005
Director, The Man Died, Feature Film inspired by the prison memoir of Wole Soyinka, 2024.
"Awam Amkpa: What’s Missing Will be Found,"[10] in Guernica Magazine, October 2024[11]
Curatorial Practices
[edit]'Africa: Significaciones' at Centro Provincial de artes Plasticas y Diseño, Havana, Cuba. 2017 'ReSignifications: European Blackamoors, Africana Readings.' at Museo Bardini, Villa La Pietra and Galleria Biagiotti, Florence, Italy. 2015 'Africa: See You, See Me' in Beijing and Macau China; Rome and Florence, Italy, Dakar, Senegal and Lagos, Nigeria. 2011-2013 Annual Highlife Music Festival, Accra, Ghana. 2006-2009 Kofi Ghanaba Audi-Visual Archives, Medie-Accra, Ghana 2007-2010
References
[edit]- ^ "Awam Amkpa: What's Missing Will be Found". Guernica Magazine. October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ https://www.culturesummitabudhabi.com/en/speakers/awam-david-amkpa-/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Awam Amkpa: And So On". Guernica Magazine. May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
- ^ "Awam Amkpa: What's Missing Will be Found". Guernica Magazine. October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ "Awam Amkpa". April 2025.
- ^ "Awam Amkpa: And So On". Guernica Magazine. May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
- ^ "Awam Amkpa: And So On". Guernica Magazine. May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
- ^ "Awam Amkpa: What's Missing Will be Found". Guernica Magazine. October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ "Awam Amkpa: What's Missing Will be Found". Guernica Magazine. October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ "Awam Amkpa: What's Missing Will be Found". Guernica Magazine. October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ "Awam Amkpa: What's Missing Will be Found". Guernica Magazine. October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
External links
[edit]- Awam Amkpa at IMDb
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