Ujima Company, Inc. serves to advance the interest and exposure of the performing arts as created and interpreted by African-Americans,by providing working opportunities for established artists and training experience for student artists. Ujima Company, Inc. is the only professional theatre company in all of Western New York dedicated to the development and presentation of work by African-American and other Third World artists.Of all the theatre companies in Buffalo, Ujima supports the longest standing acting ensemble. Ujima is among the most heralded and awarded arts organizations in the region, and was the first theatre company to receive the Outstanding Arts Organization award given by the Greater Buffalo Chamber of Commerce and the Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County.