“Ota Benga” won big at the International Film Festival London, where Niyi Coker and Joel Glassman both took home awards.

“Ota Benga” won big at the International Film Festival London, where Niyi Coker and Joel Glassman both took home awards.
“Ota Benga” won big at the International Film Festival London, where Niyi Coker and Joel Glassman both took home awards.
“Ota Benga” won big at the International Film Festival London, where Niyi Coker and Joel Glassman both took home awards.
Black will spend the 2025-26 academic year at Howest University of Applied Sciences in Bruges, Belgium, where she will teach, conduct creative writing workshops and continue to work on her novel.
A publicity still from a new documentary directed by Niyi Coker, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of African/African American Studies at UMSL, depicts Ota Benga.
A publicity still from a new documentary directed by Niyi Coker, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of African/African American Studies at UMSL, depicts Ota Benga.
A publicity still from a new documentary directed by Niyi Coker, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of African/African American Studies at UMSL, depicts Ota Benga.
Lagos, Nigeria, shaped Niyi Coker. Growing up there, he was surrounded by a culture rich with public theater and music performances. Coker welcomed the warm embrace of the arts. “It enhanced my interest in theater,” says the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of...
Lagos, Nigeria, shaped Niyi Coker. Growing up there, he was surrounded by a culture rich with public theater and music performances. Coker welcomed the warm embrace of the arts. “It enhanced my interest in theater,” says the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of...
Lagos, Nigeria, shaped Niyi Coker. Growing up there, he was surrounded by a culture rich with public theater and music performances. Coker welcomed the warm embrace of the arts. “It enhanced my interest in theater,” says the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of...