- Awam Amkpa
Awam Amkpa is a Nigerian actor, playwright, and professor of dramatic arts.
Background
He received his B.A. in B.A. 1982 in theater from
Obafemi Awolowo University , Ile-Ife,Nigeria where he studied under the tutelage of Wole Soyinka, his M.A. in 1987 fromAhmadu Bello University , Zaria, Nigeria, and his Ph.D. in 1993 fromUniversity 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. [http://as.nyu.edu/object/AwamAmkpa.html] . He has also taught atMount Holyoke College [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/csj/991210/amkpa.html] .Books
*"Theatre and Postcolonial Desires." New York: Routledge, 2003.
Filmography
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Truly, Madly, Deeply ", 1991 - a ghostExternal links
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