Simon Gikandi
James Ogude
Ndirangu Wachanga
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ
Mumbi wa Ngũgĩ
Ndũcũ wa Ngũgĩ
Nyambura Sallinen
Wangũi wa Goro
Karen Lawrence
Colette LaBouff
Angela Davis
Adriana Johnson
Mukul Kumar
Carla Wilson
Paa Kwesi-Heto
Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Chimee Adịọha
Baba Badji
Jaye Austin Williams
Cilas Kemedjio
Anindo Marshall
Kwame Rĩgĩĩ
Nii Armah Sowah
Sela Adjei
Victor Nani Agbeli
Mumbi Ngũgĩ
Fred Moten
Jimmy Centeno
Idza Luhumyo
Bwesigye Bwa-Mwesigire
Rah Hite
Tyrus Miller
Jane O. Newman
Jerry Lee
Ketu Katrak
Gabriele Schwab
David Theo Goldberg
Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan
Cecelia Lynch
S. Ama Wray
Munyao Kilolo
Glaydah Namukasa
Joel Veenstra










Nii Armah Sowah





Sowah is an educator, storyteller, dancer, cultural ambassador and embodied philosopher. He studied at the University of Ghana’s School of Performing Arts where he was also the principal dance instructor and choreographer.  He holds an M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapies from Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. A cultural ambassador, Nii Armah possesses a passion for building and strengthening bonds that support and foster human development. He is the Director of the 1000 Voices Project, a Boulder-based arts organization that works to build community and cross-cultural understanding through the introduction of African songs, rhythm games, dance, and storytelling. His research and teaching interests include African-centered pedagogy, cross-cultural education, arts for human development, African cultural philosophy, and arts for social change. Nii Armah is an Associate Teaching Professor at CU Boulder’s Dance Program. His courses include African Dance, Performance and Community Engagement, Introduction to Dance and Culture and African music.





The Celebration of the Life and Work of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is made possible through the support of the:

UCI Office of the Chancellor
Dean of the School of the Arts
Dean of the School of Humanities
Dean of the School of Social Sciences
Humanities Center
International Center for Writing and Translation
UCI Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality
Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies
Office of Inclusive Excellence
UCI Illuminations: The Chancellor's Arts & Culture Initiative
Alex Glasser The Center for the Power of Music and Social Change
Department of Anthropology
Department of Comparative Literature
Department of Drama
Department of English
Department of Dance

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Organized by:

Adriana Johnson
Jane O. Newman
Gabriele Schwab
Ketu Katrak
Jerry Lee
Cecelia Lynch
S. Ama Wray