Ekow Eshun

Ekow Eshun (b sẽn dog yʋʋmd 1968 wã, kiuug rasem 27 wã) yaa Britãni wã gʋlsd, sɛba sɛba, sɛb sɛb sẽn get bũmbã la sɛb sẽn wilgd bũmbã.

A Eshun yɩɩ nin-kãseng sẽn yɩ taoor soab n paas Britãni wã nebã sʋka. A yɩɩ Britani wã seb-kãseng a yembr pipi nin-bil sẽn yaa nin-bil n yiis seb-kãngã (Arena Magazine yʋʋmd 1997)  la a kell n yɩɩ nin-bil ning sẽn yaa nin -bil n yiis bũmb ning sẽn yaa seb-kãseng sẽn yaa nin naabã, sẽn yaa Londr nin-bil nins sẽn yaa nin n tʋmd ne seb-kãens. 

A yaa "kultural polymath" ne The Guardian,  a yɩɩ yʋʋm kobs-gĩnd wʋsg sẽn loogã pʋgẽ, a gʋlsa sɛb, a wilga tele-radio la radio filim-rãmb, a ningda mak-rãmbã, la a kõ-b sõssã.

A Eshun yɩɩ b sẽn yãtẽ wã n wilg b sẽn yãgdẽ b sẽn yãendẽ, b sẽn yãdẽ la b sẽn yãndẽ wã. B sẽn wilg tɩ b yaa "Spectakle" wã, b sẽn wilg tɩ "Spectal" wã yaa "Spectacular" sẽn yit pipi n tãag saabã. Bãngr ning b sẽn boond tɩ The Evening Standard yeelame: "Tõnd pa tõe n paam yɩɩr sẽn yaa sõma n yɩɩd yʋʋm-kãngã ye.

## A Biografi
A Ekow Eshun rogame Lɔndr, Angletɛɛr soolmẽ wã. A zakã rãmb yaa a Fante sẽn yit Gana. A ba wã ra yaa Kwame Nkrumah poorẽ soaba, la a ra tʋmd Gana Komisɛɛr-kãsengã pʋgẽ, sẽn be Londẽ wã, a sẽn wa n lʋɩ sodaas-poliisi wã naam-kẽemdã pʋgẽ yʋʋmd 1966 tʋʋlg kiuugã pʋgẽ.

Baa a Eshun sẽn da yaa bi-bɩɩga yʋʋm a tãab (1971-1974) sẽn zĩnd Akkra wã, a bɩɩ Kingsbury, Londõ-Wedg soolmẽ wã. A kẽnga Kingsbury High School sẽn be Lõndõ-Wedg soolmẽ wã, n yaool n karem siglgã la politik Londõ Ekonomiya Lekollẽ (LSE). A sẽn da be LSE wã, a sak n sak n yiisda karengã The Beaver wã. 

A Eshun yɩɩ London siglgã siglgã taoor soaba yʋʋmd 2005 n tãag yʋʋmd 2010 sẽn zĩnd a Zeova Kaset rãmbã siglgã pʋgẽ.   A sẽn wa n yaa taoor soaba, nebã sẽn da be wã paasame 38% n yi n ta 40000 la b tall n kẽng n kẽng n tɩ moonẽ. 

A Eshun yɩɩ sẽn get-a bũmbã yelle, a sẽn get a BBC Radio 4 radio wã pʋgẽ, la a sẽn get BBC Two wã pʋgẽ.  A yɩɩ televiziõ piblisite wã pʋgẽ yʋʋmd 2009 wã. A leb n yɩɩ naoor wʋsgo, More4 talk show ning sẽn yaa "The Last Word" pʋgẽ.  Yʋʋmd 2019 wã, a yɩɩ London School of Economics sull taoor soaba, a sẽn be kiris-nedã karẽn-biisã pʋgẽ.  Yʋʋmd 2021 kiuugã, a gʋlsa la a wilg-a filim a yembr sẽn yaa pʋga a tã n wilg BBC Radio 4 sẽn gomd sẽn yɩ yɩllg yell. 

## A Curator
Yʋʋmd 2015 tɛka, a Ekow Eshun tʋma a toor sẽn pa tar sor n maand yɩɩr tẽns wʋsg pʋsẽ, n get rasã la ned sẽn yaa a soaba yelle. 

Wakatã yaa wakat fãa masã. A Eshun wilga a sẽn na n maan bũmb ning sẽn na yɩl n kɩt tɩ b ningd a sẽn na yɩl tɩ b maan bũmb ning fãa sẽn na yɩl t'a wilg b sẽn na n maand bũmb ningã. Yaa b sẽn zãms b sẽn get b sẽn get nin-bu-rãmbã ne b sẽn get-b b sẽn getẽ wã. B wilga b sẽn get a karen-bi-rãmbã sẽn be Afrika wã, a Michael Armitage, a Lubaina Himid, a Kerry James Marshall, a Toyin Ojih Odutola la a Amy Sherald yelle. Sẽn paas tɩ b bao n bãngẽ tɩ b sẽn yãedẽẽẽ yaa Zuif-rãmbã, b baooda b sẽn pa yãendẽ wã, la b bao n bãnga b sẽn tall n wilg b sẽn maandẽ wã, b sẽn maand bũmb ninsã, la b sẽn get b sẽn getẽ wã. B na n wilga b bõn-naandsã Plymouth, b sẽn na n wilg b sẽn na yɩl n tõog n kẽng Etazĩni wã.

A Eshon sẽn get a sẽn get a Zeova wã yell n wilg a sẽn get bũmb ning sẽn be a zugã. A wilga a sẽn getẽ wã yʋʋmd 2022 t'a Wilgd a Zeova wã. B sẽn wilg tɩ b yaa "Spectakle" wã, b sẽn wilg tɩ "Spectal" wã yaa "Spectacular" sẽn yit pipi n tãag saabã.A The Evening Standard yeelame: "Bãmb pa tõe n maan yɩɩr n yɩɩg rẽ yʋʋm-kãngã ye".  B leb n kẽngame n kẽng Rotterdam Kunsthal. 

A Eshun sẽn na n tũ a sebr ning a sẽn boond tɩA Black Fantastic wã

, a maana filim dãmb sẽn tar bõn-naands sẽn wilgdẽ tɩ b sẽn beẽ wã yaa Zuif-rãmbã n tũud ne bãngrã, mitã la Afrofuturism wã. 

Tõnd yaa siglgã, yaa sull wilg-rɩk a ye sẽn be London Somerset House wã pʋgẽ  sẽn kõt ninsaalb tagsg sẽn yaa toor ne taab tẽngã zugu, n wilg b sẽn get taab sẽn yaa to-to ne rũndã-rũndã saagdgã la tẽn-bɛdã sẽn paẽ wã. A Eshun sẽn wilg-a wã kɩtame tɩ b paam n kõ-a yʋʋmdã kɩbar ning Time Out London sẽn kõ yʋʋmdã pʋgẽ.

Afrika yam sẽn yaa bũmb ning b sẽn maandã, yaa vaeesg sẽn wilgd tɩ b sẽn maan n get Afrɩka foto wã yaa wakat paalga. Afrika State of Mind tigsa foto-yãkr sẽn yit Afrika wã fãa pʋgẽ, sẽn tar makr ne Maghreb la Sahara tẽn-bɛdã. Yaa fotograafã sẽn maan yʋʋm piig sẽn loogã la b sẽn maand b sẽn na n bãng tɩ b sẽn maand fotograafbã sẽn be tẽn-kãnga zugã baooda "Africanism" sẽn na yɩl n wilg tɩ Afrɩka yaa zĩiga sẽn yaa yĩns wɛɛngẽ wala zĩig sẽn yaa yĩng pʋgẽ. A sɩngame n yik n be New Art Exchange wã sẽn be Nottingham wã,  n yaool n kẽng MOAD San Francisco, 2020  la Rencontres des Arles, 2021 .  Afrika wã sẽn yaa bũmb ning sẽn maand nebã wã yaa sebr b sẽn yiis ne a Ekow Eshun ne a Thames la a Hudson wã.

## A Gulsgo
A Eshun sẽn gʋls a sẽn pa maand bõn-naandsã sebr ning sẽn yaa "Sõngã sãnem sẽn yaa zĩ-bil sẽn yaa zĩiga: a sẽn baood a roogo Angletɛɛr la Afirik pʋgẽ" wã, sẽn yi yʋʋmd 2005 wã, gomda Gãna, Gãna kʋdemdã, la ned sẽn yaa ned ning a sẽn yaa to-to la a sẽn yaa ned sẽn pa a yembr wã yelle.  A Margaret Busby sẽn da get sebr ning sẽn yaa New Statesman wã pʋgẽ wã yeelame: "A sẽn tar a bi-ribl sẽn tar sãnem sakẽ, a sẽn maan ne a Chris Ofili sẽn naanã, a baooda n leok sokrã: 'Yãmb yita yɛ?' A Eshun sẽn baood a roogo la a sẽn yaa a soaba, wakat ninga, yaa toog ne-a, a sẽn gomd a sẽn pa tõe n welg a toore, a sẽn pa na n bãng a sẽn na n maan to-to wã yelle. A sẽn gʋls-a wã yaa "Wẽnnaam sãnemã ka be a pʋgẽ ye".  A "Wãn-sik sãnem" ra yaa a "Wãn sãnem" ning b sẽn yãk n kõ a Orwell ning ning ning sẽn paam-a wã nagrã yʋʋmd 2006 pʋgẽ. 

A Hamish Hamilton sẽn yaa Britãni wã sɛbã sɛbã sɛb tigisda a Eshun sebrã sẽn yaa "Sẽn-yɩdgã" wã hakɩɩka, a sẽn wilg tɩ yaa "sẽn-yɩda ne pãng wʋsgo, sẽn tar yam wʋsgo" sẽn na n bãngẽ tɩ b yaa nin-sabls sẽn yaa nin-tɩrsã". B na n yiis-a-la yʋʋm 2024 soabã pʋgẽ, n lebg b sẽn tõe n gʋls-b to-to, b sẽn na n tall-b to wã, la b na n yiis b sẽn tõe fãa n gʋls-ba.

## A Seb-ramba
A "Black Fantastic" yaa sebr sẽn tar bõn-naands wʋsg sẽn naag taab n naag taab n tar Afrika tẽn-zẽmsã me me me me la b sẽn maand b mens n get b sẽn yaa bõn-naandse la b sẽn tagsd bũmb ninsã. B sẽn pa tar Afrofuturism la b pa tar magik realism ye, la b sẽn be b meng be-be-be-tẽngã pʋgẽ wã, b sẽn boond tɩ "Nedẽ Fantastik" wã kɩtame tɩ b bãng tɩ b getame tɩ b sẽn getẽ tɩ b sẽn yaa nin-buiidã la b sẽn get b sẽn get bũmb ninsã yaa nin-wẽnsã sẽn be dũniyã gill zugã. B getame tɩ nin-wẽns sẽn getẽ wã la b sẽn maandẽ wã pa tõe n bãng tɩ b sẽn tagsdẽ wã yaa nin-tɩrs sẽn getẽ ye. Sebrã pʋgẽ, a Eshun gʋlsame n sɩng sõssã, la a Eshun, a Kameelah L. Martin ne a Michelle D. Komandɛɛrã sõssã. 

Afrika wã sẽn yaa bũmb ning sẽn kɩt tɩ b tagsdẽ wã yaa kɩbay sẽn kɩt tɩ nebã tagsdẽ tɩ b pa tõe n maan bũmb a ye. A Eshun sẽn pa get Afirik sẽn da be tẽns a taab soolmẽ wã ne a sẽn get zĩigã bɩ a sẽn get a zĩ-tẽnsã yell ye, a wilga Afirik nebã tagsg zĩis a naasã: tẽns sẽn yaa kʋɩl-n-tɩrsã, tẽn-tẽnsã, la b sẽn get b sẽn get bũmb ninsã, la b wilg tɩ b pa get bũmb nins sẽn be Afirik soolmẽ wã ye.

A Eshun maana sɛb wʋsg n yiisd sɛb wʋsg. A gʋlsa sebr a ye sẽn boond t'a "Seeing" sẽn yit Duro Olowu nengẽ.  A Eshun gomda Olowu tʋʋm-kãnga sẽn be Brãtã neb sẽn yaa bẽdse la Afro-Caribiẽ rãmb sẽn yaa b naanã pʋgẽ yelle. A leb n sõnga nin-buiidã tɩ b bãng b sẽn tõe n maan to-to wã.

Kibsa la zʋrnallã la zʋrnãnga sẽn gomd bũmb ning sẽn pa be tẽnsã zugã

A Eshun yaa gʋlsd sẽn tar pãng n maand vaeesg sẽn yaa sõma, sẽn tar yõod ne nebã, n maand bũmb nins sẽn yaa to-to wã. A gʋlsa sɛb sẽn tar naam tɩ yaa New York Times, Financial Times la The Guardian, la a yaa Wallpaper sɛb-gʋlsda. Wala makre, a gʋlsa a Basquiat yell New York Times pʋgẽ yʋʋmd 2017 wã pʋgẽ. 

A sẽn sɩng a tʋʋm sɩngrẽ wã, a sẽn yaa karengã yel-gʋlsda sõngo, la sẽn wa n lebg karengã seb-gʋlsd a ye, a Eshun gʋlsa kareng sẽn tar pãng n vaeesd karengã, a sẽn tar naamã, a rasmã la a sẽn toeemda rũndã-rũndã Britanni wã, la a sõsda ne karengã neb sẽn sɩng ne Prince la Bjork n tãag Neneh Cherry la Hilary Mantel. Yʋʋmd 1996 sa-pakrã sɩngrẽ, a Eshun sõsga ne a Prince a Paisley Park sẽn be Minneapolis wã zakẽ wã. 

## A sen kot lahbay to-to
Dãk Mater: Afro-Tõndg kibay (BBC4, 2022) A Eshun sẽn wilg filimã yaa filim sẽn boond tɩ Dark Matter: A History of the Afro-tõndg (BBC4, 2022).  Yaa Jean-Michel Basquiat n tãag a Grace Jones sẽn zãmsd neb nins sẽn yaa zoensã sẽn tũnugd ne bãngrã kibayã n vaees b zoensã kibayã la b get b sẽn na n maan beoog-daar toor-toorã. 

A *White Mischief* **(BBC Radio 4, 2021)**

A Echeun sẽn be BBC Radio 4 radio pʋga, a sẽn boond tɩ White Mischief wã pʋgẽ, a wilgda sẽn yitẽ wã la a sẽn maan to-to tɩ pa tõe n bãng a sẽn tõe n maan to- to wã. 

* Episode 1: The background hum
* Episode 2: Kind of nightmarish
* Episode 3: Dream for a moment

D sã n bao n bãng Atlantik Zũuni wã (Tate, 2021)

Sẽn na yɩl n tõog n tõog n bãng sẽn yaa to-to wã, a goma "Sẽn-soaba" sẽn yaa "Sẽn na n yɩ-a-to wã" yelle.

## A tuuma

### Seb-ramba
* In the Black Fantastic, Thames and Hudson, 2022.
* Africa State of Mind: Contemporary Photography Reimagines a Continent, Thames and Hudson, 2020.
* Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for home in England and Africa, Hamish Hamilton, 2005.

## B sen yak a seb sana
* "'I Suck at Love': Nas, Jay-Z and Black Male Vulnerability", in The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, Asma Naeem, 2023.
* The New African Portraiture, in The New African Portraiture: Shariat Collections, Walther & Franz König, 2023.
* "The Hybrid of it all: The Making of Black British Style", in  Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear, V&A, 2022.
* A Conversation between Campbell Addy and Ekow Eshun, in Feeling Seen: The Photographs of Campbell Addy, Prestel, 2022.
* "Why do we March? Joy Gerrard’s Exhilarating Bodies in Motion", in Joy Gerrard: Precarious Freedom: Crowds, Flags, Barriers, Highlanes Gallery, 2022.
* "Acts of Rememory", in  Mark Bradford: Agora, Serralves, 2021
* "Portmanteau Biota", in  Hurvin Anderson: Reverb, Thomas Dane, 2021.
* "Masterless People: The Free Republic of Raphaël Barontini", in Raphaël Barontini, Marianne Ibrahim Publications, 2021
* "Black is Ours", in Amoako Boafo, Marianne Ibrahim Publications, 2021.
* "Duro Oluwo and the Becoming of Black Britain", in Duro Olowu: Seeing, Prestel, 2020.
* *Ways of Seeing: African Portraiture Looks Back at the Imperial Eye", in Masculinities: Liberation through Photography, Prestel, 2020.
* "Every Moment Counts", in  Linda McCartney. The Polaroid Diaries, Taschen,  2019.
* "To make figures and subjects walk into a frame": John Akomfrah in conversation with Ekow Eshun, in  John Akomfrah: Purple, Barbican, 2017
* "Like Tulips in the Sun: Colonisation and Creolisation in the World Stage": Jamaica, in Kehinde Wiley: The World Stage: Jamaica, Stephen Friedman, 2013
* Ekow Eshun Interviews Chris Ofili, in  Chris Ofili, Tate, 2010

## Sebtiise