Margaret Amaka Ohia-Nowak

Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member, Alliance for Black Justice in Poland

Poland

Margaret Amaka Ohia-Nowak is the co-founder of the Alliance for Black Justice in Poland, an organization dedicated to promoting racial equality and advocating for the rights of Black, African, and Afro-descendant communities in Central and Eastern Europe. She also serves on the organization’s advisory board and established Poland’s first School of Anti-Racist Practice, a political education and mentoring program. Margaret is committed to addressing the complexities of social justice, and her academic research focuses on anti-Black racist discourses and media portrayals of Black Africans in Poland. Margaret, the daughter of a Nigerian father and a Polish mother, grew up in both Europe and Africa, which piqued her interest in how race, gender, and ethnicity shape individual and community experiences.