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Ekow Eshun
writer and curator
Ekow Eshun is a writer and curator. Described by Vogue as “the most inspired - and inspiring - curator in Britain”, his acclaimed exhibitions include In the Black Fantastic at the Hayward Gallery, and The Time Is Always Now, at the National Portrait Gallery, a major study of the Black figure and its representation in contemporary art. He is the author of books including Black Gold of the Sun (2005), Africa State of Mind (2018), and in September 2024 The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them.