About Speaker

Kewulay Kamara is a poet, multimedia storyteller, and lecturer with a diverse background in culture, government, academia, and media. He holds a BA in Political Science and Literature from the State University of New York at Oneonta and an MA in Political Economy. With 25 years of lecturing experience at the City University of New York, Kamara currently serves as the UNESCO Chair of Foresight at the University of Makeni in Sierra Leone. Kamara is a filmmaker known for documentaries like In Search of Finah Misa Kule: The Story of a People Who Live by the Word, and his latest film, Kani Kura, delves into the history of those left behind during the Middle Passage. He was named an Apex International Fellow in 2018 and received the International Alumni of the Year award from SUNY Oneonta in 2022.