Press

Press coverage of Akwi includes her journey as a 2016 Iowa Arts Council Fellow, founder of The Hook, performer, storyteller, producer of multi-media arts events in the Midwest, poet, and visual artist.

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Midwest Makers

Meet Akwi Nji, an Iowan Spoken-Word-Turned-Visual Artist. Story by Courtney Ball and Lydia Moran. Published March 14, 2024.

CORRESPONDENCE

Iowa filmmaker Akwi Nji explores importance of written communication in new film. Iowa Public Radio | By Phineas Pope, Danielle Gehr, Charity Nebbe. Published June 30, 2023

In Living Color: Black Art in Iowa

Alternative art experience celebrates Black artists in Iowa. Written by Trish Mehaffey. Published August 25, 2022.

Fabulous People: Iowa

Spotlight on professional artist and writer Akwi Nji, Written by Fabulous Iowa. Published March 30, 2021.

The Remoir Project

Akwi Nji on helping people create textile memoirs, using fabric remnants they've saved over time. By Charity Nebbe. Published April 27, 2022.

Pocket Park Poetry

The Arts and Culture Alliance has commissioned Iowa poet Akwi Nji to write a series of poems to be stamped in concrete in the community's new park.