"Through my artwork and films, I hope to open audiences up to a new dialogue between the continents of Africa and America; one that incorporates more than just stereotypes, but includes both conventionalized and un-conventionalized discourses of race in its service. By creating complex contradictions, I hope that new meaning can emerge and be deposited into the universal consciousness. If I can do this by creating an experience for the audience that enables them to experience what it is like to find oneself, while being foreign in a community, then perhaps I can help that new meaning come to light."
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Film producers from the United StatesWomen activists from the United StatesArtists from the United StatesWomen born in the 1980sWomen activists from Ghana
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Leigh Anne Gialanella, "Spotlight On: Akosua Adoma Owusu", LSA, July 7, 2016.
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