Adaku Utah

Adaku Utah is a Nigerian-American Igbo traditional healer, speaker, writer, and artist. Her work centers on gender, reproductive justice, racial equity, youth empowerment, and healing justice movements for social change. She is the cofounder of Harriet's Apothecary, an alternative healing collective led by Black women and queer healers.

Early life and education Utah was born in Baltimore, Maryland, US but was raised in Festac Town, Lagos, Nigeria. Her father is from Abia State and her mother from Imo State.

Career Utah is the Senior Manager of Movement Building Programs at the Building Movement Project, where she supports national convenings and leadership development for social justice organizations.

As a performance artist, Utah has collaborated with Decadancetheatre, and founded Soular Bliss, a creative wellness initiative. Utah is queer

She contributed to the anthology Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety, edited by Cara Page and Erica Woodland, alongside Prentis Hemphill.

Recognition Utah has been recognised for her contributions with several awards: 2012 Sexuality Leadership Development Fellowship from the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre 2012 Center for Whole Communities Whole Thinking Fellowship Jessica Eve Patt Award from the Chicago Foundation for Women (2012) Featured nominee for Girl Tank and MTV Voices' "10,000 Names in 100 Days"