Ekow Eshun

Ekow Eshun (born May 27, 1968) is a British writer, journalist, and artistic director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. He is a contributor to BBC2's Friday night arts programme Newsnight Review and a former editor of Arena magazine.

Biography and career

Eshun was born in London and attended Kingsbury High School in North West London. He read a degree in politics and history at the London School of Economics. During his time there he edited both Features and Arts for the student newspaper, The Beaver. His family are Fante from Ghana and a part of his childhood was spent in Accra, but for the most part he was brought up in London.

Ekow is also the younger brother of writer Kodwo Eshun .

Eshun's memoir, Black Gold of the Sun, published in 2005, deals with a return trip to Ghana, Ghanaian history, and issues of identity and race.

He currently lives in London and presented a show on More4 called The Last Word, a topical talk show discussing culture, politics and other issues of the day.

He appears from time to time as a critic on Saturday Review on BBC Radio 4

Appeared in 2009 in the television advertisements for Aviva (formerly Norwich Union).