Ricardo Khan

**Ricardo** " **Rick** " **Khan** (amuru na Nọvemba 4, 1951) bu onye ode akwukwo America na onye isi ihe nkiri nke sitere na ndi Africa na ndi India.    O mebere Tony Award-emeri na nnukwu mmetụta Crossroads Theatre nke New Jersey,  ma bụrụ onye ntụzi aka ama ama na ọkwa America na mba ụwa. Dị ka onye edemede, Khan hụrụ egwuregwu mbụ ya, , malitere na 2007 na Lincoln Center Institute of Lincoln Center na New York na mgbe ahụ na Crossroads, na-aga n'ihu iji merie ọtụtụ NAACP Theater Awards na 2018. Egwuregwu ahụ, onye ya na onye edemede Trey Ellis kwadoro na Khan duziri ya, etoola dị ka egwuregwu ihe nkiri na-akpali akpali nke na-eji ọtụtụ ndị na-eme ihe na-akọ akụkọ na ọnwụnwa na mmeri nke ndị dike America Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ, Tuskegee. Ndị ọrụ ụgbọ elu . Egwuregwu ndị ọzọ nke Khan dere ma ọ bụ jikọtara ya gụnyere *[[Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing|Satchel Paige na Kansas City Swing]]*, ''Freedom Rider'', na *[[Letters From Freedom Summer|Akwụkwọ Ozi Site na Nnwere Onwe Summer]]* .

## Ndụ mmalite na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Ricardo Khan na Washington, DC, na Nọvemba 4, 1951, ọkpara n'ime ụmụ ise Mustapha Khan, onye Indo-Trinidadian US si Trinidad na Tobago, na nwunye ya Jacqueline (née Driver), sitere na etiti klaasị African American. ezinụlọ na Philadelphia. Ha zutere dị ka ụmụ akwụkwọ na Howard University, Mustapha maka ọgwụ na Jacqueline maka nọọsụ. Ezinụlọ ahụ mechara biri na Camden, New Jersey, ebe Mustapha nwere usoro ahụike a ma ama dị ka dọkịta ezinụlọ kemgbe ihe karịrị afọ 50, na Jacqueline, mgbe ọ na-azụ ụmụaka ma na-ewere ezinụlọ, gara n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ ọkachamara dị ka onye nkuzi na nọọsụ afọ ofufo na obodo. Mgbe Dr. Khan nwụsịrị n'afọ 2009, mpụta ịhụnanya na nkwanye ùgwù mere ka a kpọọ okporo ámá aha ya, Dr. Mustapha M. Khan Way. 

Agụmakwụkwọ Ricardo fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ Quaker, ebe ntolite ya bụ isi na mpaghara obodo Philadelphia na Camden, NJ. Nne na nna ya na-arụsi ọrụ ike na òtù ndị ruuru mmadụ nke America na ndị na-akwado ọha mmadụ maka mgbanwe na imeziwanye onwe ha na obodo ha. Khan na ụmụnne ya sonyekwara n'ọtụtụ ndị ntorobịa na-etolite, gụnyere Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Little League Baseball, ụka ojii na YMCA na South Jersey isi Jack & Jill, onye isi ojii na-edu ndị nne. nzukọ raara onwe ya nye ikpughe ụmụ ha na agụmakwụkwọ, nkwado, nka na omenala, mkpa nke ịmata onwe onye na ndụ nke inye azụ. N'otu ụdị njem a kwa ọnwa, njem ụbọchị site na Camden gaa New York, Khan hụrụ mmepụta Broadway 1968 nke *Hello Dolly* nwere ihe nkedo ojii.  na e mesimesi. N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ malitere ọrụ na ngalaba ihe nkiri ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ya, mkpebi nke ga-eme ka usoro ndụ nke iji nkà na ike nke ịrụ ọrụ ndụ dị ka ngwá ọrụ ya maka ịkwalite mgbanwe mmekọrịta ọha na eze na mmepe nke nkwanye ùgwù na nghọta. n'etiti ndị mmadụ dị iche iche na obodo a na ụwa.

## Ọrụ
N'oge na-adịghị anya ka ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ya na L. Kenneth Richardson onye ọ maara na ọmụmụ akwụkwọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, Khan tọrọ ntọala Crossroads Theatre na New Brunswick, New Jersey, na 1978.  Khan na Richardson ewepụtala echiche maka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na ụlọ oriri na ọ restaurantụ restaurantụ wee dee ozi ha na akwa akwa akwa: Ka ịgbanwee oke gburugburu ebe ihe nkiri ojii nke ụbọchị ahụ, na-agba ume, nwee obi ike, ịdị adị n'ezie na ịdị adị mmadụ karịa. nka maka ndị na-ese ihe nkiri Africa-America. 

Khan jere ozi mbụ dị ka onye nrụpụta / onye nrụpụta na onye isi oche nke Crossroads, wee bụrụ onye isi nka ya na-amalite na ngwụcha 80s, na-emepe emepe, na-ahazi na inye egwuregwu nke ndị na-ede egwuregwu nke Africa-American maka mmepe zuru oke, nke ọma na eziokwu African- Amụma na akụkọ America. N'oge ọrụ ya, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ webatara ọtụtụ egwuregwu ndị America na-agbanwe agbanwe, gụnyere ọrụ nke August Wilson, George C. Wolfe, Rita Dove, Mbongeni Ngema, Harold Scott, Ruby Dee na Ntozake Shange .  Akara ngosi ihe nkiri America, onye na-emepụta ihe ọhụrụ, onye nduzi na onye na-ede egwuregwu bụ Joseph Papp kpọrọ Crossroads otu n'ime ihe nkiri abụọ kachasị amasị ya.  Crossroads meriri Tony Award maka ihe nkiri mpaghara pụtara ìhè na 1999,   nke mbụ enyerela ụlọ ọrụ ihe nkiri ojii ojii America.

N'ime usoro ịla ezumike nká na Crossroads, Khan gwara *New York Times* :  Ruo n'ókè ụfọdụ, ịmepụta Crossroads bụ maka ịgbalị ịgbanwe ụwa. Mana ọ bụ n'ezie, n'ezie maka ịchọrọ ikere òkè na mgbanwe ụwa - ọ bụghị naanị n'akụkụ ya ma ọ bụ akụkụ ya, kama n'ezie akụkụ nke ụwa nka nke na-atụgharị inye mmụọ mmadụ otuto. Nke ahụ bụ ihe anyị nọbu n’oge ahụ, nke ahụ bụkwa ihe anyị na-eme ugbu a. " 

Na Disemba 1999, Khan hapụrụ ụlọ ọrụ ya ka ọ malite ezumike otu afọ na Trinidad na Tobago, ebe nna ya mụrụ, nke mechara kpọga ya na South Africa iji chọọ asụsụ ọhụrụ, asụsụ zuru ụwa ọnụ na ụzọ isi gwa ahụmahụ na onye nlekọta ndị America America. ihe ịma aka psycho-sociological nke ịgbalị ibi ndụ efu mgbe onye ojii nọ na America. O kwenyere na ụzọ ọhụrụ ahụ nwere ike ịbịa naanị site na ọhụụ ọhụrụ, nke zuru ụwa ọnụ nke onye Afrika America na ọnọdụ ya na ọnọdụ nke nkọwa onwe onye zuru ụwa ọnụ.

Na 2005, site na ụlọ ọrụ Lincoln Center nke Lincoln Center nyere ọrụ maka egwuregwu ọhụrụ mbụ, Khan malitere ide. Nke mbụ ya bụ *Fly*, ya na Trey Ellis dere ya. Ma ọ bụ nke sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ ọtụtụ afọ gara aga site na akụkọ ndị Khan nụrụ banyere Tuskegee Airmen of Work War II, bụ nke o nwetara ụgwọ ọrụ, Black Eagles, na 1989 na Crossroads na onye na-ede egwuregwu Leslie Lee . Khan duziri *Black Eagles* maka Crossroads, Ford's Theatre na Washington, DC, na Manhattan Theater Club na New York, ma cheta na mgbe mbụ ọ matara maka ndị ọkwọ ụgbọ elu Africa-American wee malite ịrụ ọrụ na egwuregwu ahụ, ọ chọpụtara na ya nwere njikọ. nye otu n'ime ha, nwanne nne ya Elwood T. "Woody" ọkwọ ụgbọ ala bụ otu n'ime mbụ Tuskegee Airman.  Roscoe C. Brown,  Tuskegee Airman ọzọ [2], jere ozi dị ka onye ndụmọdụ onye isi na Khan na *Black Eagles* na *Fly* ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 2016.

Mpụta mbụ *Fly* na Lincoln Center na 2007 bụ egwuregwu nkeji 60, ebe Khan chọrọ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ egwuregwu vidiyo dị ka ụdị ogbo ma tinyekwa agwa “tap griot” — onye na-agba egwu mgbata nke ọrụ ya yiri egwu egwu Greek na gosipụtara mmetụta uche na akụkụ nke akụkọ ahụ ekweghị ka ndị ọrụ ikuku kwupụta—Ọ bụ ụzọ isi ruo ndị na-eto eto n'ọkwa mma ha.  Ma mgbe 2009 nraranye nke President Barack H. Obama ebe a na-asọpụrụ Tuskegee Airmen dị ka ndị ọbịa pụrụ iche   . , Khan na Ellis webatara ihe omume akụkọ ihe mere eme ahụ wee mepụta edemede ha ka ọ bụrụ egwuregwu ogologo oge maka afọ niile, nke malitere na ọdịda nke 2009 na Crossroads. Kemgbe ahụ, n'ofe mba ahụ ka arụpụtara *Fly* nke ọma ọtụtụ oge.  Ya 2017 New York staging, a ngalaba-mmepụta n'etiti Crossroads, Pasadena Playhouse na New Mmeri Theatre na NY ka a họpụtara maka asatọ 2018 NAACP Theater Awards, na-emeri atọ: Best Production, Best Lighting na Best Choreography. 

Na 2013, Khan jikọtara ya na Trey Ellis ọzọ iji dee *[[Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing|Satchel Paige na Kansas City Swing]]*, egwuregwu banyere Jazz na Negro leagues baseball setịpụrụ megide ndabere nke America na 1945, afọ Jackie Robinson mebiri ihe mgbochi agba na nnukwu asọmpi, na mgbe obodo ahụ nọ na mmalite nke mmegharị nke njikọta. Dị ka *Fly*, *Satchel Paige na Kansas City Swing* malitere na Crossroads tupu ha aga n'ihu na mmepụta isi na mba ahụ.

Na 2015, Khan tụụrụ ime egwuregwu ọtụtụ akụkọ, *[[Freedom Rider (play)|Freedom Rider]]*, nke malitere n'ime mmekorita pụrụ iche na ndị edemede anọ ndị ọzọ, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Murray Horwitz, Nathan Louis Jackson na Nikkole Salter, gụnyere otu interracial otu ụmụ akwụkwọ kọleji na a ụgbọ ala gawara south na 1961. Na 2018, dị ka ihe na-esote *Freedom Rider*, Khan jikọrọ aka na Denise Nicholas na onye edemede South Africa mụrụ Sibusiso Mamba, na *[[Letters From Freedom Summer|akwụkwọ ozi sitere na Freedom Summer]]*, setịpụrụ na 1964 n'oge mgba maka ikike ịme ntuli aka na Mississippi.

Na 2016 Khan jere ozi dị ka onye na-emepụta ihe na onye nduzi nke mmemme mmeghe abalị a na-akwanyere ùgwù nke ukwuu maka Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture na Washington, DC na Septemba 24 nke afọ ahụ, gụnyere ndị na-eme ihe nkiri na ndị na-emepụta ihe gụnyere Yolanda Adams, Daniel Beaty., Dave Chappelle na Frederic Yonnet, Ava DuVernay, Savion Glover, Oprah Winfrey na Stevie Wonder .

Khan na-ejide MFA na ime ihe na nduzi site na Mason Gross School of the Arts, yana Doctorate Honorary sitere na Mahadum Rutgers ebe ọ nọkwa na Ụlọ Nzukọ nke Alumni Apụrụiche. Ọ rụkwara ọrụ na Board of Theater Communications Group, otu mba nke ụlọ ihe nkiri ndị ọkachamara America, na site na 1995 ruo 1998, bụ onye isi oche nke otu ahụ.

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