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Welcome.

Hi, my government name is currently
Nana Ama Antwiwaa Owusu-Ansah

Please call me Ama, but I will also answer to Nana or Nana Ama

welcome sign from my home

About me

You may or may not know, but I'm
a second generation migrant to Ghanaian dreamers
a hood princess from a council estate in East London & Essex
a model bursary student from a top London private school
an economist
a linguist
a mentee
a film production assistant / PA
a creative
a strategist
a mentor
a freelancer
a language teacher
a project manager
an architectural-adjacent person
a nomad
a financier
an enabler
an observer
a journalist
turned anti-disciplinary artist.

What started out as an instinctive need to ask questions, has spiralled over the years into a steady practice of collaborating with or writing about artists, architects, gardeners, designers public programmers and cultural practitioners.

Be it lens based or written, my work often touches on themes of intersectionality, public architecture and infrastructure, nostalgia, community, cultural heritage and identity.

My intention is to act as a vessel for universal stories of joy and pain, by agitating and disrupting the echo chambers we are all too comfortable to leave.
I aim to wake us up, and mobilise us into the action that is needed to go harder, better, faster and stronger for our futures.

Languages are my not-so-secret superpower.
I speak; English, Spanish, Italian & Asante Twi fluently.

I’m actively (re)learning French, Ewe, Ga, Yoruba, Igbo, Portuguese (Brazilian), Arabic (Darijan) & Amharic.

I bring a deeply communicative, empathetic and open mindset to the work I do.
I’m no longer afraid to stick my neck above the parapet to call out injustices no matter how big or “small”.

Whether I’m behind the camera or with a pen in hand, I am driven by a need to make conversations in arts and culture feel more accessible, inclusive and expansive.

Portraits by a friend and constant inspiration
 Feruza Afewerki