Awam Ampka
- Birthplace
- Ile-Ife, Nigeria
- Occupation
- Artist, Practitioner-director, Playwright, Actor, Filmmaker, Curator, Vice Provost For The Arts, Dean Of Arts And Humanities, Professor Of Drama, Social And Cultural Analysis
- Alma Mater
- Obafemi Awolowo University, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Bristol
Biography
EARLY LIFE
Awam Amkpa received his B.A. in Dramatic Arts from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, where he studied under the tutelage of Wole Soyinka. He then obtained his M.A. in Drama from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and his Ph.D. from the University of Bristol, England.
CAREER
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 currently the Vice Provost for the Arts and Dean of Arts and Humanities at New York University Abu Dhabi. He has directed and written over 100 plays and numerous films, including 'The Man Died' (2024), which won several awards. He has also curated significant art exhibits such as 'ReSignifications' and 'Africa: See You, See Me'. Amkpa is the author of 'Theatre and Postcolonial Desires' (Routledge, 2003) and has written numerous articles on representations in Africa and its diasporas, modernisms in theater, postcolonial theater, and Black Atlantic films.
Filmography
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Box Office
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