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Kwame Aidoo who goes by “Kwame Write” is a Ghanaian born writer,artist and biochemist whose works explore the use of African oral,polyrhythmic,visual,scientific and archival materials to digest historic layers and engage sociopolitical contexts.
He is a member of the Paris based band “Break Ya Bones”,founder and director of Nkabom literary arts festival,Portals of Ghana architectural archive,Buzanga Books library project,Slam Ghana inter-school poetry project and Kpaluhi Centre for weaving.
Kwame is the author of Ananse Makes Aurora (Enostone Kustannus ,2021). He has performed and exhibited at Nkabom-Accra(2017-2019),Manifesta 12-Palermo(2018),Perm Arts-Berlin(2017-2018),Nasjonalmuseet-Oslo(2016),FLUUP-Rio(2015) and festivals in Ouagadougou,Lomé,Lisbon,Madrid,Prague,Paris,Copenhagen,Helsinki, among others.
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Highlife music ,Afro beat rhythms and poetic works from legends like E.T Mensah,Kofi Awoonor,Kofi Anyidoho,Kwesi Brew,Ebo Taylor,A.B Crenstil,Alhaji K.Frimpong,George Darko ,J.A Adofo,Awurama Badu and the likes are just but a few of the things Kwame draws inspiration from.
Kwame’s burning desire was sparked when he came across writings of Binyavanga Wainaina ,Saul Williams and Ayi Kwei Armah.
The current stream of youthful creative energies in Ghana and beyond ,speaking truth to power and availing institutions from the ground up are some of the things that fuel his passion.
He travels within Ghana and work with the local community in agriculture and independent research areas ,where influences sourced from weaving,design and architecture traditions enlighten him the most.
Profoundly,the main source of inspiration for him is from working with and learning from children.
CREATIVE FACTORY ✍🏼🖼 