Adaku Utah
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Adaku Utah | |
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| Born | 1984 (age 39–40) Lagos, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Occupation | Healer |
| Known for | Intuitive healing, Social change |
| Awards | Chicago Foundation for Women’s Jessica Eve Patt Award,2012 Center for Whole Communities Whole Thinking Fellowship Award. |
| Website | adakuutah |
Adaku Utah // ⓘ (born 1984)[1] is a Nigerian sixth-generation Igbo traditional healer, speaker, writer and artist whose work focuses on gender, reproductive, race, youth and healing justice Civil rights movements for social change.[2] She is the cofounder of Harriet's Apothecary, an alternative healing community,[3] and a 2015 Create Change Fellow.[4]
Life[edit]
Adaku Utah was born in 1991 in Lagos with father from Abia State, and mother from Imo State, both from southeastern Nigeria.[5] Utah is descendant of herbalists, and farmers who dealt in herbal treatments and ancient care, she was chronically ill as a child growing up and had to be treated with herbal medicine to better outcomes over orthodox medicines.[1] Utah received a BSc in Biotechnology and Psychology from Pennsylvania State University.[6]
As an activist, she has worked with organizations including the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health, Black Lives Matter, Black LGBTQI+ Migrant Project, The Movement for Black Lives, Yale University, Planned Parenthood, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, Black Women's Blueprint, and the Audre Lorde Project.[7] As a performance artist, she had worked with Decadancetheatre[8] and founded Soular bliss.[9] Utah, who refers to herself as a queer,[2] lives in Brooklyn, New York.[10]
Recognition[edit]
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- 2012: Sexuality Leadership Development Fellowship of the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre.
- 2012: Center for Whole Communities Whole Thinking Fellowship Award.
- 2012: Featured Nominee for Girl Tank and MTV Voices 10,000 Names in 100 Days.
- Chicago Foundation for Women's Jessica Eve Patt Award.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Barber, Lauren (26 July 2017). "Harriet's Squad: Black Women Using Ancient Healing Methods as Resistance". ELLE. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ a b "HEALER". ADAKU UTAH. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "WHO WE ARE". HARRIET'S APOTHECARY. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Meet Adaku Utah". The Laundromat Project. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "NYC 3.7.14 Nigerian Global Day of Action Speech, Nigerian LGBTQ Activist Adaku Utah | Nigeria | Hatred". Scribd. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Sexuality Leadership Development Fellowship". www.arsrc.org. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "TEACHER". ADAKU UTAH. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ Boynton, Andrew. "A Dance Like Keith Haring Come to Life". The New Yorker. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "AdakuUtah". The Gemini Series. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Adaku Utah". A Blade of Grass. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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