Okwui Okpokwasili

Summary: <p><span>There's something inside of me, and it goes mad.</span></p> <p><span>Okwui Okpokwasili is MacArthur Fellow and a performer, choreographer, and writer. The child of immigrants from Nigeria, Okpokwasili was born and raised in the Bronx, and the histories of these places and the girls and women who inhabit them feature prominently in much of her work.</span></p> <p><span>Join the <span>"</span><span>10 Things That Scare Me"</span><span> </span><span>conversation, and tell us your fears at </span><a href="https://apps.nypr.org/crowdsourcing/21" target="_blank">10thingspodcast.org</a><span>.</span></span></p>