Amira Benjamin

Amira Benjamin is an undergraduate student at the University of Ottawa in Sociology & Anthropology. She has a notable interest in all forms of journalism, especially arts and community reporting. You can find them critically analyzing Marvel movies or filling up a Pokedex.

Amaka Umeh and Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu overlay a yellow backdrop with a cartoon drawing of a man wearing a hat, holding up a passbook.

Features June 2, 2023

Truth, Survival & Creation: In Conversation with Sizwe Banzi is Dead ’s Amaka Umeh and Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu

By Amira Benjamin

“I was thinking about which histories we actively remember, we choose to remember, and which ones we choose to forget and how important that is.”

In Conversation April 12, 2023

Stone by Stone: In Conversation with The First Stone’s Donna-Michelle St. Bernard and Nawa Simon

By Amira Benjamin

“It’s important to move forward with love and hope because to choose any other path will just elongate how long you are uncomfortable.”

In Conversation November 26, 2022

Black Girl (Stage) Magic: In Conversation with Red Velvet‘s Cherissa Richards and Starr Domingue

By Amira Benjamin

“A character in the play says, ‘We want theatre to reflect our people’. Well, I’m a Torontonian. I was born and raised here. Why am I not seeing myself on stage?”

Amira Benjamin

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