Interviews

Bright Ackwerh is an artist based in Ghana. His work tends to cover politics; encompassing, commenting and sometimes critiquing events, figures and situations. Bright always tries to uncover new perspectives and the often minority views that are not voiced in the central media…

Natalie Fordwor is an artist and the founder of WonderspacED. She is an experienced educator who is passionate about innovative teaching methods, creativity and environmental sustainability…

Yanfo is the founder of Social Ghana, a social media marketing business based in Accra, Ghana. He always had a talent with words from a young age, and paired with his creativity he eventually decided to go into the world of advertising. In 2013, he set up Social Ghana which now employs 22 full time staff…

Abdallah is the founder of Gaia Greenfields, an all-encompassing agri-business which produces fruits and vegetables for the local market using the most sustainable and eco-friendly methods possible…

Ruby Yayra Goka is an author and a dentist. She has penned 17 published novels, a number of which have won prizes including the Burt Award for African Literature. Ruby strongly believes in the power of storytelling and aims through her writing to provide strong, empowering role models for young girls, especially young black girls…

Sarah and Agyeiwaa are the founders of DNAfrica. Having worked in luxury events and hospitality all over the world. Through DNAfrica, they aim to host culturally enriching trips and authentic experiences in Ghana...

Mother and daughter duo, Eunice and Ama, own a wholesale and retail fabric store in Kaneshie Market. They have been selling a selection of classic wax print fabrics for the past 15 years. The ladies spoke with us about how they started the store…

We met up with Ghanaian Cocoa farmer Akosua Noboa. Akosua is a 50-year-old cocoa farmer from Kwaman. She farms three acres of cocoa farm that produces 640kg of cocoa per acre…

Yussif is a half Ghanaian half Burkinabé (from Burkina Faso) multi-disciplinary artist. Born in the Volta region of Ghana, Yussif grew up in Nima, Ghana. He has his own art shop within the Tetteh Quarshie Art Centre where he sells his artwork and art by many other Ghanaian artists….

Pelumi Odubanjo and Katy Barron are the curators of Photo50 2023 at the London Art Fair. The theme this year is Beautiful Experiments which will bring together the work of a group of multigenerational women photographers whose practice engages with their diasporic heritage…

Drawing inspiration from notions of transformation, mortality, and femininity, Haley Josephs paints solitary figures in fantastical yet foreboding environments that transcend time and space. Her enigmatic paintings are colourful and whimsical yet also present a dark twist. An underlying sense of power and balance pervades her works…

Maryam Eisler is an Iranian-born, London-based photographer and author. Eisler's photographic work is centred around the Sublime Feminine, and she has had exhibitions with Tristan Hoare and Linley (London) as well as Harper's (East Hampton). Additionally, she has shown at Richard Taittinger Gallery (New York), Photo London, Eye of the Collector (London), Dallas Art Fair, Unseen Amsterdam, Space Gallery St Barth, Bermondsey Project Space (London), and Art Marbella...

Sofia Carreira-Wham and Imme Dattenberg-Doyle are friends, Londoners, and co-founders of Doyle Wham, the UK's first and only contemporary African photography gallery….

Apparan is a London-based street artist originally from the Canary Islands. She combines her teaching career with her art, as well as running an art and music collective called Art House Project London through which she has curated dozens of art shows in London…

Nicole is an experienced gallerist and gallery director, and the founder of Schoeni Projects. She has lived in Hong Kong for most of her life, although attended school and university in the UK. Contemporary and street art are two of her passions…

Ella is a London-based Artist and Material Designer. In addition, she regularly lectures at University for the Creative Arts guiding young designers in their exploration of the subject. She creates work that crosses multiple disciplines…

Mimi is an Assistant Editor at Frieze and has a penchant for contemporary art and the written word. Frieze is a leading magazine of contemporary art and culture. Mimi’s priority in all that she does is to reveal unacknowledged truths about art history, culture and current affairs…

June is a freelance graphic designer, branding expert and artist. She is originally from Tokyo but has lived in London for many years. Her work has been featured internationally on YCN, Cow Parade Niseko and SCMP. She is also a speaker at YOOX Net-a-Porter, UAL and ustwo….

Morenike works in Sales and Marketing at Kate MacGarry Gallery in London. She completed a degree in Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Manchester…

Charlotte is a technology consultant with Deloitte Digital, where she specialises in public sector clients and plays an active role in the Product Transition Lab, supporting training and workshops for those in Product Leadership roles; as well as sustainability, diversity and inclusion initiatives…

Olivia is a 29 year-old, Management Consultant working in the Digital Transformation/ Marketing space. She had planned to move to Australia this year to continue her consulting career, but COVID-19 has put a halt to that for at least the short-term…

Nana grew up in Kumasi, Ghana and moved to the US at the age of 18 to attend university. After completing her Finance degree, she joined a challenger bank which was focused on redefining the lending process for small businesses…

Rebecca Mackay Miller is a Brand Strategist, Word of Mouth aficionado and founder of BLOC + ROSE, a consultancy that helps small business owners connect to, embody and own their brand…

Nana-Ama Asabre-Adegbite has been a Financial Services Consultant for the past seven years and is currently a Manager. Whilst she has worked at two different consulting firms during this period, she has always focused on operational excellence and strategy projects…

Raluca is a 32-year-old Civil Engineer from Romania. She studied civil engineering in the Netherlands and has been working in the UK construction industry for approximately five years…

Mimi-Isabella is an award-winning Civil Engineer at Sir Robert McAlpine with a strong interest in sustainable construction materials, particularly concrete…

Tara Maiorano, 34, is a Site Engineer at Carey’s Civil Engineering and a mum to a three year-old girl. She is currently working on a challenging top-down project on Curzon Street in Mayfair….

Amelie is a civil engineer who has worked as a site engineer on several high rise concrete frames. She now specialises in temporary works…

Rayane Kassal is Moroccan Lebanese civil engineer who grew up in Casablanca. She studied civil engineering in France and started her career on one of the biggest hospital jobs in Europe …

Renii Onadipe is a Civil Engineer from London working for Costain. She is currently working on High Speed 2 (HS2). Some of her previous projects include large infrastructure projects such as Crossrail and Thames Tideway…

Lauren is a 29-year-old Civil Engineer from Scotland. She is currently working on one of the most demanding and exciting transport projects in Europe: High Speed 2 (HS2)…