Awam Amkpa’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Nigerian actor, playwright, and professor of dramatic arts
Is Writer
Playwright
From Nigeria
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Literature
Gender male

Awam Amkpa is a Nigerian actor, playwright, and professor of dramatic arts.

Background

He received his B.A. in B.A. n theater from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria where he studied under the tutelage of Wole Soyinka, his M.A. in from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and his Ph.D. from University of Bristol, Bristol, England.

Career

Dr. Amkpa is currently a professor of drama at New York University as well as the Director of Africana Studies at NYU. [1]. He has also taught at Mount Holyoke College [2].

Books

  • Theatre and Postcolonial Desires. New York: Routledge, 2003.

ReSignifications: European Blackamoors, Africana Readings. Edited catalogue published by Postcart, Rome, Italy. 2016

Filmography

  • Truly, Madly, Deeply, 1991 – a ghost
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