Makella Ama is an anti-disciplinary maker with a practice that often takes shape through curation, visual anthropology and speculative writing. Their work is rooted within a background of community/youth work with children in care and young refugees.

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Recently curated projects include Uzo Egonu at Museum of The Home (2025), London Short Film Festival (2025), Firelei Báez - Sueño de la Madrugada (A Midnight’s Dream) at South London Gallery (2024) and To Hold and To Be Held at Tate Britain (2024). 

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Currently, Makella Ama works as an archivist with Nii Noi Nortey Archives and is curiously following threads of space/time travel through research, writing, film and sound programming.