Awam Amkpa ɗan wasan kwaikwayon ne ɗan Najeriya ne, marubucin wasan kwaikwayo, kuma farfesa a fannin fasaha, fina-finai, nazarin zamantakewa da al'adu. A halin yanzu farfesa na Drama da Cultural Theory a sassan wasan kwaikwayo, Tisch School of Arts and Social and Cultural Analysis, Faculty of Arts and Sciences a New York University. Ya yi karatun digirin BA a Dramatic Arts daga Jami'ar Obafemi Awolowo, Ile-Ife, Nigeria inda ya yi karatu a gaban Wole Soyinka, MA a fannin Drama daga Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, Zaria, Nigeria, da kuma Ph.D. daga Jami'ar Bristol, Bristol, Ingila. A halin yanzu Dr. Amkpa farfesa ne a fannin wasan kwaikwayo a Jami'ar New York da kuma nazarin zamantakewa da al'adu / nazarin Afirka a Jami'ar New York. Ya kuma koyar a Kwalejin Mount Holyoke . Shi masanin wasan kwaikwayo ne kuma mai gudanarwa-darakta, marubucin wasan kwaikwayo kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, mai shirya fina-finai kuma mai kula da fasahar gani da wasan kwaikwayo. Gidan wasan kwaikwayo da Buƙatun Mulkin Mallaka'. New York: Routledge, 2003.