11 Facts About Amarachi Nwosu

Amarachi Nwosu is a Nigerian-American photographer, visual artist, and filmmaker currently based in New York City.

Amarachi Nwosu is the founder of Melanin Unscripted, a creative platform and agency which aims to dismantle stereotypes and blur cultural lines by exposing complex identities and cultures around the world.

Amarachi Nwosu screened the film in Tokyo, Japan at Ultra Super New Gallery in Harajuku.

Amarachi Nwosu went to school at Temple University in Philadelphia but moved to Tokyo during her junior year after winning six scholarships to study a year abroad as an international student, where she pursued a degree in International Communications.

Amarachi Nwosu finished her degree in the US and returned to Tokyo to learn Japanese and work as a full-time creative, where she was part of the launch of Highsnobiety in Japan and worked with clients like Beats and Sony Music Japan.

Amarachi Nwosu shot a fashion story, 'Sankofa' at the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana for Vogue.

Amarachi Nwosu has been involved in pushing the Afrobeats and afrofusion sound as a visual artist, music journalist, creative director and brand manager.

Amarachi Nwosu has worked with artists like Mr Eazi, Yxng Bane, Nonso Amadi, Odunsi The Engine, Santi, Kwesi Arthur and Tobi Lou.

Amarachi Nwosu worked as the tour photographer for Childish Gambino during his 2018 'This is America' tour.

Amarachi Nwosu has bridged music and youth culture in Japan, where she shot the first feature for The Fader highlighting the contemporary music scene in Tokyo and the first African woman to appear on Adidas Tokyo's Instagram page as a way to highlight diversity in Japan.

In 2017, Amarachi Nwosu tweeted about the plagiarism and cultural appropriation of African prints by British designer Stella McCartney during its showcase at Paris Fashion Week, sparking an outrage on the social media platform.