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Okwui Okpokwasili

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Okwui Okpokwasili

Born Aug 6, 1972 · 53 years19 titles 17 movies · 2 TV
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Biography

Okwui Okpokwasili (born August 6, 1972) is an Igbo-Nigerian American artist, performer, choreographer, and writer. Her multidisciplinary performances draw upon her training in theatre, and she describes her work as at "the intersection of theatre, dance, and the installation." Several of her works relate to historical events in Nigeria. She is especially interested in subjects of cultural and historical memory and how the Western imagination perceives of African bodies. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Born

Aug 6, 1972

The Bronx, New York, U.S

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Roles across career

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19

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1

Directing

1

Writing

1

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2005 1 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2015 1 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2019 1 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 3 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)