Akosua Adoma Owusu

**Akosua Adoma Owusu** (wɔwoo no Ɔbɛnem 1, 1984) yɛ Ghana-Amerika siniyɛfo ne ɔyɛfoɔ. Ne sini ahorow no hwehwɛ abibifo atubrafo a wɔwɔ Amerika no nipasu a ɛne wɔn ho wɔn ho bɔ abira mu denam akwan horow pii so fi sini mu nsɛm a wɔakyerɛw so kosi asɛm a wɔde sɔ hwɛ so kosi Abibifo nsɛm ho amanneɛbɔ a agye din a wɔasan ayɛ so. Bere a Owusu rekyerɛ adwene a ɛne sɛ " adwene abien ," a asetra ho ɔbenfo ne ɔmanfo hokwan ahorow ho ɔbenfo WEB Du Bois de bae no ase no, ɔde asi n'ani so sɛ ɔbɛbɔ sini mu ahunmu anaa nhumu a ɛto so abiɛsa . Wɔ n’adwuma mu no, feminism, queerness, ne Afrikafo nipasu di nkitaho wɔ Afrikafo, Amerikafo aborɔfo, ne Amerikafo abibifo amammerɛ mmeae.

Mprempren ɔyɛ Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo a Ɔsrasra Hɔ wɔ Harvard Sukuupɔn ne Pratt Asoɛe a ɛwɔ Brooklyn, New York.

## Mfitiase asetra ne nhomasua
Ghanafo awofo na wɔwoo Owusu na wɔtetee no wɔ atubrafo mpɔtam bi wɔ Alexandria, Virginia . Ɔyɛ Grace ne Albert A. Owusu nuanom baasa mu akumaa, Sr. Owusu wɔ master’s degrees wɔ School of Film/Video ne School of Fine Art wɔ California Institute of the Arts, a onyaa wɔ afe 2008  Ɔwiee sukuu no nyaa Bachelors interdisciplinary degree wɔ Media Studies  ne Studio Art mu a ɔnyaa soronko wɔ Virginia Suapɔn mu wɔ afe 2005.  Owusu hyɛɛ n’adwuma ase sɛ ɔyɛ post-production boafoɔ wɔ Chris Rock ’s HBO documentary  “ Good Hair ” (2009). Ɛno akyi bere tiaa bi no, ɔdan yɛɛ n’ankasa sini ntiantiaa a wɔsɔ hwɛ .

## Adwuma
Bere a Owusu wiee CalArts wɔ afe 2008 mu akyi bere tiaa bi no, na ɔyɛ mfoniniyɛfo a wɔagye din  wɔ Robert Flaherty Sini Nhyiam a ɛto so 56 a ɔkasatiafo ne sini sohwɛfo a wagye din Dennis Lim yɛɛ ho nhyehyɛe no mu.  *Indiewire* bɔɔ ne din sɛ Avant-Garde Mmea Siniyɛfo baanum a Wɔsan kyerɛkyerɛɛ Sini mu no mu biako, ne The Huffington Post ’s Black Artists no mu biako: Nnɛyi Adwinniyɛfo 30 a wonnii mfe 40 a Ɛsɛ sɛ Wohu, Owusu yɛ 2013 MacDowell Colony Fellow  ne 2015 Guggenheim Mfɛfo .

Wɔ afe 2020 mu no, Owusu nyaa Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists  a Film wɔ Lincoln Center de maa no.

Owusu a ɔtɔn “abirabɔ a emu yɛ den” a ɛfa abibifo, atutra ne nkae ho no, ɔsakra sini a wɔsɔ hwɛ, adwinni pa ne Afrikafo atetesɛm ntam a biribiara nhaw no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɔbɛbɔ sini ahorow a ɛyɛ nwonwa a ɛgye sɛnea obi te ho kyim .

Ne “adwene a ɛreko” sɛnea ɔka ho asɛm no bɛyɛ nea efi ase ma ne sini *Me broni ba* (me ba fitaa). Bere a ɔde ti nhwi di dwuma sɛ amammerɛ mu ade, hwehwɛ Afrikafo ne Afrikafo-Amerikafo nipasu ne wɔn adwene mu de bɔ mmɔden sɛ obesiesie wɔn ntam nsonsonoe.  Ed Halter, wɔn a wɔhyehyɛɛ Light Industry wɔ Brooklyn no mu biako kyerɛw *Me Broni Ba* sɛ 2010 sini du a ɛsen biara wɔ Artforum nsɛmma nhoma mu no mu biako.

Ɔayɛ sini ahorow a wagye abasobɔde a *Reluctantly Queer* (2016) ne *Kwaku Ananse* ka ho. Wɔ afe 2013 mu no, *Kwaku Ananse*  nyaa Golden Bear nomination wɔ Berlinale  na onyaa 2013 Africa Movie Academy Award  maa West Africa man Ghana wɔ Best Short Film mu. Sini yi a Ghanani adwumfoɔ Jojo Abot dii mu akoten no, Focus Features’ Africa First, na ɛboaa no, na ɛdii kan wɔ Amerika Atifi fam wɔ 2013 Toronto International Film Festival .  Wɔde *Kwaku Ananse* nso kaa 2013 Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma - César Golden Nights, nhyehyɛe a wɔde mmoa a efi UNESCO hɔ a ɛpaw sini ntiantiaa a ɛda nsow hyehyɛe no ho.

*Reluctantly Queer* (2016) a wɔne Dr. Kwame Edwin Otu yɛɛ adwuma boom yɛɛ no, a ɔyɛ Ɔbenfoɔ Boafoɔ a ɔhwɛ Afrika Amerikafoɔ ne Afrikafoɔ Adesua so wɔ Virginia Suapɔn mu  na wɔyii no sɛ ɔmfa Golden Bear ne Teddy Award  wɔ afe 2016 Berlin Amanaman Ntam Sini Afahyɛ ase. Ɛyɛɛ nea edi kan wɔ Amerika Atifi fam sɛ Akwankyerɛfo Foforo/Sini Foforo Afahyɛ no fa .

Owusu kaa sɛ wɔ afe 2015 nsɛmbisa a ɔne South Africa's *Elle (magazine)*, Owusu kaa sɛ "Me hyɛɛ aseɛ yɛɛ sini wɔ Ghana sɛ ɔkwan a mɛfa so anya baabi wɔ me Ghana agyapadeɛ mu." Metaa frɛ me ho sɛ Ghana-Amerikani, nanso mibu me ho sɛ Amerikani siniyɛfo a ofi Ghana. Sɛ mewɔ Amerika a, mete nka sɛ meyɛ Ghanafo paa na sɛ mewɔ Ghana a, mete nka sɛ Amerikani kɛse. Me ne me nnamfo a wofi Amerika fii ase tuu kwan kɔɔ Ghana sɛ wɔrebɛboa me wɔ ahodwiriw a ɛne sɛ midii abibifo ho dwuma wɔ Afrika ne Afrikafo a wɔatu akɔtra mmeae foforo no nyinaa mu. Ɔdɔ a mewɔ ma Afrika no nam ɔdɔ ho adwene a ɛfa asasepɔn no ho sɛ ofie a ɛretwɛn me mmae no so. Sini a wɔyɛ wɔ Ghana, yɛ akwantu yi fa."

## Nneɛma a wɔboaboa ano daa
N’adwuma no ka Whitney Tete Nneɛma Akorae a Ɛhwɛ Amerika Adwinni So, Center Georges Pompidou, ne Fowler Tete Nneɛma Akorae a ɛwɔ UCLA no nneɛma a wɔaboaboa ano daa no ho.

## Rex Siniyɛbea
Wɔ afe 2013 mu no, Owusu hyɛɛ wiase nyinaa Kickstarter nhyehyɛe bi ase sɛ ‘Save the Rex’!  Rex Cinema yɛ Ghana sinidan a akyɛ sen biara no mu biako. Wɔ bere a na amammui mu ahobammɔ nni Ghana wɔ 60, 70 ne 80 mfe no mu no, Adwinni no so tew. Wɔtoo sinidan ahorow no nyinaa mu wɔ asraafo atuatew ne bere a wɔbaraa wɔn fie akyi . Owusu hwehwɛɛ sɛ obegye Rex Cinema nkwa de akora sini adan so.  Wɔ afe 2016 mu no, Owusu yɛɛ screenplay a egyina ne wiase nyinaa ɔsatu a ɔde kɔmaa Save the Rex Cinema  wɔ Ghana wɔ Camargo Foundation wɔ Cassis, France.  Wɔ afe 2017 mu no, *The Guardian* de too gua sɛ Owusu reyɛ adwuma wɔ asetra mu sini a ne fa bi yɛ ayɛsɛm a ɛfa ne ɔsatu a ɔde bɛsan de abakɔsɛm mu Rex sini no aba ho.

## Amanaman ntam nneɛma a wɔatumi ayɛ
Wɔ afe 2015 mu no, Two films a Owusu kyerɛɛ no kwan na ɔyɛɛ no yɛ akasatiafo paw wɔ Artforum nsɛmma nhoma mu.

Owusu sini *Reluctantly Queer* yɛ akasatiafo sini a eye sen biara wɔ afe 2016 mu no mu biako wɔ Sight & Sound, sini nsɛmma nhoma a Britania Sini Asoɛe (BFI) tintim ɔsram biara

Wɔ afe 2016 mu no, Britain ’s Royal African Society bɔɔ Owusu din sɛ wɔn Nnipa a Ɔsen Biara wɔ Nnawɔtwe no mu na South Africa *Elle (nsɛmma nhoma)* nso bɔɔ no din sɛ mmea 50 a wɔn ho yɛ nwonwa no mu biako.

Wɔ afe 2017 mu no, wɔbɔɔ ne din wɔ *Dazed* nsɛmma nhoma mu sɛ ɔyɛ siniyɛfo du a wɔsɔ hwɛ a wɔredi wiase nsɛmti akɛse ho dwuma no mu biako.

Wɔ afe 2018 mu no, Cobo Center  hyɛɛ Owusu sɛ ɔnyɛ video a wɔde besisi Jefferson ne Washington akwan so wɔ Detroit, Michigan kuro no mfimfini wɔ Abibifoɔ Abakɔsɛm Ɔsram mu.

## Ɔyɛkyerɛ ahorow a wɔapaw

* 2020: *Akosua Adoma Owusu: Yɛma wo akwaaba ba Kwaeɛ* mu wɔ Museum of Modern Art Documentary Fortnight 
* 2019: *Akosua Adoma Owusu: Yɛma wo akwaaba ba Kwae* mu wɔ Nnɛyi Adwinni Asoɛe (New Orleans)
* 2019: *Akosua Adoma Owusu: Yɛma wo akwaaba ba Kwaeɛ* mu wɔ Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
* 2019: *Wiase Abiɛsa Ntam: Sini ahorow a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe* wɔ REDCAT
* 2019: *Nhumu Mmiɛnsa: Sini ahorow a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe* wɔ Yerba Buena Asoɛe a Ɛhwɛ Adwinni So
* 2019: *Sala de Video: Akosua Adoma Owusu* wɔ Sao Paulo Tete Nneɛma Akorae
* 2019: *Nhumu Mmiɛnsa: Sini ahorow a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe* wɔ Nnɛyi Adwinni Asoɛe, Richmond
* 2019: *Wɔreyɛ sini: Akosua Adoma Owusu* wɔ Tete Nneɛma Akorae a Ɛhwɛ Nnɛyi Adwinni So, Chicago
* 2018: *Nhumu* Mmiɛnsa wɔ BOZAR, Center for Fine Arts, Brussels ; 
* 2018: *Afrika Twilight* wɔ Bowers Tete Nneɛma Akorae ; 
* 2018: *Dae bi asinasin* wɔ McNay Art Museum ; 
* 2018: *Wɔne Ɔkwankyerɛfoɔ Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛɛ sini ne nkɔmmɔdie* wɔ Fowler Tete Nneɛma Akoraeɛ wɔ UCLA ;
* 2017: *Akosua Adoma Owusu ne Bus Nut* wɔ Atlanta Nnɛyi Adwinnibea ; 
* 2016: *Afrika a Wɔreyɛ: Akosua Adoma Owusu* wɔ Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
* 2016: *Sini ahorow a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe* wɔ Tabakalera
* 2016: *Encuentro con Akosua Adoma Owusu* wɔ Museo de Arte Contemporaneo a ɛwɔ Castilla y León
* 2016: *L'évènement Akosua Adoma Owusu* wɔ Mfinimfini Georges Pompidou
* 2016: *Nhumu Mmiɛnsa* wɔ Tete Nneɛma Akorae, Houston
* 2016: *Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016* wɔ Whitney Tete Nneɛma Akorae a Ɛhwɛ Amerika Adwinni So
* 2015: *Nnɛyi Memeneda: Anwummere a yɛne Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe* wɔ Nnɛyi Adwinni Tete Nneɛma Akorae
* 2015: *Asetra mu Ɔhaw* wɔ Rochester Art Center
* 2015: *Ɛyɛ den sɛ wobɛhunu Amerika* wɔ Whitney Tete Nneɛma Akoraeɛ a Ɛhwɛ Amerika Adwinni So
* 2015: *Nwi ho Adwinni wɔ Afrika* wɔ Fowler Tete Nneɛma Akorae wɔ UCLA
* 2015: *Sini mmienu a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛeɛ* wɔ Art and Practice a wɔne Hammer Museum  ayɛ adwuma.
* 2015: *Yɛ/Ka* wɔ Nnɛyi Adwinni Asoɛe, Philadelphia
* 2014: *Prospect.3: Nsɛm a wɔakyerɛw ama Mprempren* New Orleans Mfirihyia Abiɛsa 
* 2013: *Sini ahorow a Akosua Adoma Owusu yɛe* wɔ Moderna Museet
* 2012: *Fore* wɔ Studio Tete Nneɛma Akorae a ɛwɔ Harlem
* 2012: *Bearden Dwumadie* a ɛwɔ Studio Tete Nneɛma Akoraeɛ a ɛwɔ Harlem
* 2011: *VideoStudio: Sesa Saa ara* wɔ Studio Tete Nneɛma Akorae a ɛwɔ Harlem
* 2011: *Nhumu* anan wɔ Vox Populi (adwinni dan)
* 2009: *Sikɔne 30 a ɛwɔ Inch biako* mu wɔ Studio Tete Nneɛma Akorae a ɛwɔ Harlem
* 2009: *Me Broni Ba* wɔ Tete Nneɛma Akorae a Ɛhwɛ Nnɛyi Adwinni Ho Nsɛm a Wɔakyerɛw Nnawɔtwe Abien

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