M. K. Asante

M. K. Asante
MK Asante speaks at the 2024 Amend Conference in Los Angeles, CA.
Asante speaking at Amend Conference in 2024
Born (1982-11-03) November 3, 1982 (age 42)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Occupation
  • Writer
  • director
  • professor
  • producer
  • recording artist
  • songwriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
University of London, SOAS
Lafayette College
GenreMemoir, creative nonfiction, poetry, hip-hop, African-American literature, documentary
Notable worksBuck: A Memoir; While Black with MK Asante
ParentsMolefi Kete Asante and Kariamu Welsh
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers67,200[1]
Total views32.6 million[1]

Last updated: 09 October 2024

M. K. Asante (born November 3, 1982) is an American author, filmmaker, songwriter, recording artist, and professor. He is the author of the 2013 best-selling memoir Buck: A Memoir and the 2024 memoir Nephew: A Memoir in Four-Part Harmony.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b "About MK Asante Productions". YouTube.
  2. ^ McCauley, Mary Carole. "Morgan State professor's memoir, Buck makes big splash". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014.
  3. ^ Sealy, Amanda (April 5, 2011). "Master storyteller M.K. Asante keeps it real in the classroom". CNN. Retrieved June 23, 2017.