Meet OUR Team
Meet Our Team
BEN AKOH
Founder/President
Founder/President/Artistic Director and Advisory Committee Chair, Manitoba African Film Festival Inc.
BRENDA AUSTIN-SMITH
Adviser
Brenda Austin-Smith, Associate professor, Department of English, Film and Theatre, University of Manitoba.
SHEILA PETTY
Adviser
Sheila Petty, Ph.D., Professor, media studies, University of Regina.
MBYE CHAM
Adviser
Mbye Cham, Ph.D., Professor, Department of African Studies and Director of the Center for African Studies, Howard University in Washington, D. C.
ONOOKOME OKOME
Adviser
Onookome Okome, Ph.D., Professor, Arts, English and Film Studies, University of Alberta.
SARAH B. BUCHANAN
Adviser
Sarah B. Buchanan, Ph.D., Associate professor, University of Minnesota, Morris, USA.
CHIGBO ARTHUR ANYADUBA
Adviser
Dr. Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, The University of Winnipeg.
ÉTIENNE-MARIE LASSI
Adviser
Étienne-Marie Lassi is an Associate Professor of French and Francophone Literature at the University of Manitoba.
TAISA MONASTYRSKI
Volunteer
Project Management Professional, serial volunteer, promoter and arts enthusiast.
BIMBOLA ADUROGBOYE
Program Coordinator
Bimbola Adurogboye is a Nigerian-Canadian filmmaker and creative professional currently serving as Program Coordinator at the African Movie Festival in Manitoba (AM-FM)