Adora Nwofor

Activist, feminist, comic, Women's March YYC & Femme Wave; President, Black Lives Matter YYC

Intersectional feminism, Black feminism, race and gender, racism, comedy, women in comedy, anthropology, Black Lives Matter

Media

The Case For Defunding Calgary Police

Burden to Bear: Calgarians harness power of summer protests to push for racial justice

Thousands honour lives lost to police brutality and racism at Calgary vigil

Calgary group organizes March Against Family Separation after uproar over U.S. treatment of migrants

Biography

Adora Nwofor is a feminist activist and comedian, and is the President of Black Lives Matter YYC. She's sat as board director for the Nigerian Association (youth), the Caribbean Western Carnival Development Association and Femme Wave: Calgary’s Feminist Music and Arts Festival. Nwofor is also a founding organizer and has been grand marshal of the global initiative March for Women (Western Canada) since 2017. She has MC’d for large scale stakeholders such as the City of Calgary, Canada Heritage – Canada Day 150 and Alberta Culture Days, Folkfest, Reggaefest and has been a speaker at The Diversity Leadership Conference, University of Calgary, SACE (Sex Assault Center of Edmonton, Capilano University, Mount Royal University as well as the Western Canada keynote for the Canadian Universities Advocacy bodies.

Expertise

  • Black Lives Matter
  • intersectional feminism
  • Black feminism
  • race and gender
  • racism
  • anti-racism
  • comedy
  • women in comedy
  • anthropology