"I am because you are"

Founder of Kuumba Nia Arts and a company director.  Amantha is an actress and drama practitioner. She trained at Guildford School of Acting, and studied Dramatherapy at University of Surrey Roehampton. Her theatre and television credits include: Talawa, London Bubble, Nu Century Arts,  Little Angel, The OrangeTree, Eastenders, Doctors, Casualty, The Bill and BBC's Song Catcher. The Story Museum, Unlock the Chains Collective, Chipping Norton Theatre, Unity Arts , Red Dog and Underconstruction Theatre. She has a passion for African history studying for many years with Robin Walker. She adds to KNA her wealth of knowledge and interest in the  African experience and stories over 8000 years to draw upon! Her therapeutic training essentially gives a holistic core to all our work. 

A director of Kuumba Nia Arts,   John Sailsman is a writer, actor, director and founder of Unity arts. He studied  Drama and Cultural studies at Wolverhampton Polytechnic emerging with a B.A Hons degree in humanities. His professional acting career began in 1984. His credits include: Edinburgh festival, Birmingham Repertory and Black Mime Theatre Company. He has continued to grow and develop as a writer, director and a producer, and is allowing his passion for film and multimedia to grow as he undertakes an MA in Film Studies at Reading University.  He was introduced to Black Theatrical aesthetics early in career and has championed the form ever since. He adds to KNA his passion to celebrate and explore the form fully and to promote its discussion in academia  .  

A director of Kuumba Nia Arts, Darron is a   scriptwriter with a background in linguistics and computing, specailising in a little known thing called Knowledge Engineering. He studied at the university of Hertfordshire was sponsored by Yorkshire T.V. to do a screenwriting postgrad at Leeds Beckett university. He writes in a variety of forms and is particularly  is keen on writing that exposes unspoken realities, usually told via speculative forms of horror and comedy. He's  had short pieces performed in what is now  the Leeds Playhouse; been mentored by Tibor Jones & Associates and participated in both Triangle  (a Northern Screen Agencies incentive) and London Screenwriter’s Talent Campus. He's a strong supporting force in KNA, adding  balance and differing perspective to our work.