★ HOW OLD IS AKOSUA ADOMA OWUSU?
Akosua Adoma Owusu is 42 years old, born January 1, 1984 in GH · Capricorn.
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About
Akosua Adoma Owusu creates experimental films that navigate Black immigrant identity in America. Born in Ghana on January 1, 1984, the filmmaker and producer interprets W. E. B. Du Bois's concept of "double consciousness" through cinematic essays, experimental narratives, and reconstructed Black popular media. Her work weaves feminism, queerness, and African identities across cultural spaces. She teaches at Harvard University and Pratt Institute. As a Capricorn, she channels intellectual depth into art that interrogates belonging.
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Biography
Akosua Adoma Owusu makes films that interrogate the colliding identities of Black immigrants navigating American spaces. Born January 1, 1984, in Ghana, the filmmaker and producer creates work spanning cinematic essays, experimental narratives, and reconstructed Black popular media. Her practice centers the notion of "double consciousness," a concept developed by sociologist and civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois, to carve out what she calls a third cinematic space or consciousness. Feminism, queerness, and African identities form the conceptual mesh of her films, intersecting across African, white American, and black American cultural spaces.
Owusu currently teaches as a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Her life-path number is 6, traditionally associated with care, balance, and creative service—themes that resonate through her commitment to centering marginalized narratives and lived experience. As a screenwriter and filmmaker, she works across multiple visual and narrative forms to challenge conventional storytelling. Based in the United States with roots in Ghana, she bridges diaspora and domestic Black American contexts through her practice.
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Trivia
- Her films interrogate the concept of "double consciousness" coined by W. E. B. Du Bois, aiming to create a third cinematic space that transcends binary cultural identity.
- She teaches at both Harvard University and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, as a Visiting Lecturer.
- Her work integrates feminism, queerness, and African identities across overlapping cultural spaces—African, white American, and Black American.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
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Responsible and family-oriented. Akosua Adoma Owusu often anchor a fandom community and lean into projects with social or emotional weight.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
- IsaacMonkey · 2004
- Griffin GluckDragon · 2000
- Jade PettyjohnDragon · 2000
- Ruby StokesDragon · 2000
- Robbie UreMonkey · 2004
CHALLENGING
- Ádám SimonHorse · 1990
- Chris Colfer
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Frequently asked
- How old is Akosua Adoma Owusu?
- Akosua Adoma Owusu is 42 years old (born January 1, 1984).
- When is Akosua Adoma Owusu's birthday?
- Akosua Adoma Owusu was born on January 1, 1984.
- What is Akosua Adoma Owusu's zodiac sign?
- Akosua Adoma Owusu is a Capricorn, born January 1, 1984.
- What is Akosua Adoma Owusu's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Akosua Adoma Owusu was born in 1984, the year of the Wood Rat.
- Where is Akosua Adoma Owusu from?
- Akosua Adoma Owusu is from GH.
- What does Akosua Adoma Owusu do?
- Akosua Adoma Owusu is a writer.
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