IFEANYI
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I'm Ifeanyi (she/they), a writer and scholar-practitioner based in Atlanta. I am a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Cinema, Television & Emerging Media Studies Department at Morehouse College. Before academia, I was Assistant Curator at ICA London. Before that, I founded a contemporary arts festival called AFRICA SALON.
IFEANYI AWACHIE, PhD
Writer & scholar-practitioner
review of "On Becoming a Guinea Fowl" (2024) in African STudies Review
Panel chair at Society for Cinema & Media Studies Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2025
When I'm not teaching, (over)analyzing reality TV, or gathering brilliant minds around African and Black diasporic film and art, I write. With deep support and nurturing from WATZS Productions and a team of talented actors and crew, my first screenplay became my film This Thing Is Not for You (2022). In this short, speculative drama, generations of an Igbo American family react very differently to an announcement by the first Black woman president of the United States.
I’m currently cultivating new film and TV projects. Find out more about those here.
Latest Presentations
“The Continuation of the Revolutionary African Woman I” • invited panelist at African Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, December 2026
“Genealogies of African Cinema: Critical Considerations of Legacy, Gender, and Exhibition” • panel chair at Critical Approaches to Black Media Culture Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, February 2026
Teaching
Survey of African Cinema I & II
Contemporary African Women’s Film
Introduction to Film
Introduction to TV
Current Classes