![]() ![]() In 1985, Amaki went to France as an Emory University Foreign Study Fellow. In 1974, she changed her name to Amalia Amaki. degree from the University of New Mexico in photography and art history and worked as a museum assistant at the University Art Museum for two years while she pursued her degree. In 1970, she won the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Writing and was the first and only African American on campus to join this journalism organization. Amaki attended Georgia State University and majored in journalism and psychology. She instinctively knew that she would change her name. Amaki developed a love for script writing, drawing, bold colors and textures at an early age. ![]() Amalia Amaki was born Linda Faye Peeks on Jin Atlanta, Georgia to Mary Lee and Norman Peeks, a former musician with the Deep South Boys of Macon, Georgia. ![]()
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