# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ekow-eshun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:34:12.323Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ekow-eshun"
name: "Ekow Eshun"
slug: "ekow-eshun"
description: "Ekow Eshun is a British writer, broadcaster, and curator. He was the first black editor of a major magazine in the UK and was also the first black director of a major arts organisation, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. Described as a \"cultural polymath\" by The Guardian, he has authored books, presented TV and radio documentaries, curated exhibitions, and chaired lectures."
tagline: "British writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ekow_Eshun_2022_BHO-0805.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1968-05-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.64
  momentum:             3.173076923076924
  historical:           5.752449333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ekoweshun"
    handle:    "ekoweshun"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1307369/"
    handle:    "nm1307369"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://ekoweshun.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3c8cdc6f-41d0-4843-ba80-a19fdbbb4655"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://mos.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekow_Eshun"
    title: "Ekow Eshun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ايكو اشون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekow_Eshun"
    title: "Ekow Eshun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekow_Eshun"
    title: "Ekow Eshun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekow_Eshun"
    title: "Ekow Eshun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5350554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3108204"
    title: "Ekow Eshun"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump