Person Open DS/UK/5535 Kwei-Armah; Kwame (24 March 1967); OBE; British actor, director, singer and broadcaster Kwei-Armah Kwame 24 March 1967 British actor, director, singer and broadcaster Male Ian Roberts Hillingdon, London, England (born)

British Actor Black Son of Grenadan parents. He changed his name at the age of 19 after tracing his family history, through the slave trade back to his ancestral African roots in Ghana. Father of KZ (musician) Heterosexual Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE is a British actor, playwright, director, singer and broadcaster. In 2005 he became the second black Briton to have a play staged in the West End of London. (Ray Harrison Graham's Fringe First award-winning play GARY played at the Arts Theatre in 1990.) Kwei-Armah's award-winning piece Elmina's Kitchen transferred to the Garrick Theatre in 2005. Kwei-Armah was chancellor of the University of the Arts form 2011 to 2015. He served as the Artistic Director of the Baltimore's Center Stage theater in the United States from 2011 to 2018. In 2018 he became the Artistic Director of the Young Vic in London. Awards, Honours and Legacy: Kwame was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to drama. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Kwei-Armah (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHeharper 4/23/2013 RAHAKirkbride 10/27/2022 2931cd88-021d-438a-a9f7-4c5789b21540