Akunna Cook is an accomplished diplomat, strategist, visionary creator and executive producer. In 2022, Akunna founded Next Narrative Africa, a multi-media entertainment production company telling African Stories for global impact.
Oge Obasi was finally able to exhale. The Nigerian producer was in the freezing mountains of Park City, Utah, to present her latest feature, ‘Mami Wata’ at this year’s Sundance film festival.
The otherwise quiet café in the tranquil Washington suburb of Rockville, Maryland is animated on a late September afternoon as Akunna Cook shares her plans for an African media company.