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Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA (born 4 May 1957 [1]) is a Ghanaian-born British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator of Ghanaian descent, whose "commitment to a radicalism both of politics and of cinematic form finds expression in all his films".
Mar 20, 2012 · By Alexis Akwagyiram. BBC News. John Akomfrah OBE has received an award from the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) in recognition of his work over a career spanning more than 25 years. He may...
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Jan 10, 2016 · Film artist John Akomfrah has long dealt with migration – and now his work has terrible resonance, as he tells Hettie Judah
John Akomfrah. © Smoking Dogs Films. Courtesy Smoking Dogs Films and Lisson Gallery. Akomfrah began this year with twin honours: a knighthood and selection as the UK’s representative artist at the next Venice Biennale.
John Akomfrah is a widely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, postcolonialism, temporality and aesthetics and often explores the experiences of migrant diasporas globally.
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Sir John Akomfrah is a hugely respected artist and filmmaker, whose works are characterised by their investigations into memory, post-Colonialism, temporality and aesthetics, and often explore the experiences of migrant diasporas globally.
