John Akomfrah

**Sir John Akomfrah**  (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli May dabaa anahi dali yuuni 1957) nyɛla Ghana bilichini ŋun nyɛ British nucheeni baŋda, sabira, sinii darata n-ti pahi sinii sabira.

Ŋun nyɛ ŋun daa piligi Black Audio Film Collective yuuni 1982, o daa tumi niŋ o darata tali tuma ni *[[Handsworth Songs]]* (1986) ka di nyɛ din jandi 1985 Handsworth riots. *Handsworth Songs* nyɛla din daa di Grierson Award zaŋ n-ti Best Documentary yuuni 1987.

With Lina Gopaul mini David Lawson nyɛ o mini ban tooi laɣindi yaari siniinima, Akomfrah nyɛla ŋun daa sɔŋ ka bɛ daa piligi Smoking Dogs Films yuuni 1998. Yuuni 2023 New Year Honours, o nyɛla ŋun daa deei knighthood pini ka di nyɛla kpaŋmaŋ  shɛli o ni niŋ nucheeni baŋsim tuma ni zuɣu.

Akomfrah nyɛla bɛ ni daa piigi so ni o zani n-ti Britain yuuni 2024 Venice Biennale.

## Solo presentations

Akomfrah nyɛla ŋun mali "solo presentations"  Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (2022), Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (2019), Bildmuseet din be Umeå, Sweden (2015), Broad Art Museum, East Lansing (2014), Tate Britain, London (2013), Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2012),  Museum of Modern Art, New York (2011) n-ti pahi British Film Institute din be BFI Gallery (2010).

Yuuni 2013, o tuma puuni shɛli *[[The Unfinished Conversation]] nyɛla bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛli wuhi salo* Tate Britain chira ayobu yuuni 2013 ka daa nya National Collection. O ni daa niŋdi o 10th anniversary daabiligu, *The Unfinished Conversation nyɛla bɛ ni daa niŋ shɛli* Midlands Arts Centre ka di daa nyɛ din pahi Birmingham yuuni 2022 chuɣu ni.

O yuuni 2015 tuma, *Vertigo Sea daa nyɛla sinii shɛli bɛ ni daa zaŋ wuhi salo* 56th Venice Biennale silimiin goli May yuuni 2015. *Vertigo Sea* nyɛla bɛ ni daa zaŋ shɛli wuhi salo ban be UK, Arnolfini din be Bristol (16 January–10 April 2016)  

*[[Purple (2017 video installation)|Purple]]* (2017) din daa nyɛ minti pihiyobu ni ayi nyɛla niriba pam ni daa bori shɛli  Barbican, London, Akomfrah nyɛla ninvuɣ so bɛ ni daa yɛli ni ŋun su Anthropocene". A tie-in series sinii nyɛla bɛ ni daa niŋ shɛli silimiin goli October yuuni 2017 ka bɛ ni daa niŋ li luɣ'shɛli ŋɔ nyɛ Barbican Cinema. Di nyɛla bɛ ni daa lahi shɛli Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Bildmuseet Umeå, Sweden; the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden din be Washington, DC n-ti pahi Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon.

## Awards and honours

Akomfrah nyɛla bɛ ni daa piigi so Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) yuuni 2008 New Year Honours zaŋ n-ti kpaŋmaŋ shɛli o ni niŋ n-ti sinii tuma yaɣili. Silimiin goli March yuuni 2012, o nyɛla bɛ ni daa ti so European Cultural Foundation's Princess Margaret pini. 

Yuuni 2013, o nyɛla ŋun daa deei "doctorate" shɛhira gbaŋ University of the Arts London mini  Goldsmiths, University of London. Yuuni 2014, o daa deei la"doctorate" shɛhira gbaŋ Portsmouth University.

Yuuni 2017, Akomfrah nyɛla ŋun daa di Artes Mundi Prize, UK nima pini titali zaŋ n-ti  international art, 

Akomfrah nyɛla bɛ ni daa piigi so Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) yuuni 2017 Birthday Honours zaŋ n-ti kpaŋmaŋ shɛli o ni niŋ n-ti sinii tuma yaɣili. O nyɛla ŋun daa di Artist of the Year yuuni 2018 ''Apollo Magazine'' Awards. O nyɛla ninvuɣ bɛ ni daa piigi Royal Academician yuuni 2019.

O daa nyɛla knighted yuuni 2023 New Year Honours zaŋ n-ti kpaŋmaŋ shɛli o ni niŋ nucheeni baŋsim tuma yaɣili.

## Filmography

* *[[Handsworth Songs]]* (1986); winner of Grierson Award for Best Documentary, 1987
* *[[Testament (1988 film)|Testament]]* (1988)
* *[[Who Needs a Heart (film)|Who Needs a Heart]]* (1991)
* *[[Seven Songs for Malcolm X]]* (1993)
* *[[The Last Angel of History]]* (1996)
* *Memory Room 451* (1996)
* *[[Call of Mist]]* (1998)
* *[[Speak Like a Child (film)|Speak Like a Child]]* (1998)
* *[[Riot (1999 film)|Riot]]* (1999)
* *[[The Nine Muses (film)|The Nine Muses]]* (2010)
* *Hauntologies* (Carroll/Fletcher gallery, 2012)
* *[[The Stuart Hall Project]]* (2013), relating to the cultural theorist Stuart Hall
* *[[The Unfinished Conversation]]* (2013)
* *[[The March (2013 film)|The March]]* (2013)
* *[[Vertigo Sea]]* (2015)
* *Auto Da Fé* (2016)
* *Untitled* (2016)
* *The Airport* (2016)
* *Tropikos* (2016)
* *[[Purple (2017 video installation)|Purple]]* (2017)
* *Precarity* (2018)
* *Five Murmurations* (2021)
* *[https://www.theboxplymouth.com/events/exhibitions/john-akomfrah-arcadia Arcadia] * (2023)

## Kundivihira

## External links

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* "John Akomfrah" at Lisson Gallery.
* "John Akomfrah" in conversation with Elisabetta Fabrizi at Tyneside Cinema.