about

I'm a father, husband and seeker doing my best to navigate life and its wonderful complexities.

By following my curiosity and saying yes to things that spark interest, I've curated a portfolio career of sorts: writer, podcast producer, startups programme manager, entrepreneur and even a three-year stint as a chocolatier.

You can learn a bit more about these projects below, but also check out my latest one, The Nana Principles.

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I’m at an interesting period in my life where the possibilities of the future feel at once infinite and yet confined by circumstance. In the last three years I’ve become a husband, a father, and adopted a myriad of job titles, all of which awkwardly flirt in a

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Contributed the essay, The Anti-Footballer to the acclaimed anthology by Calum Jacobs, A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped The Modern Game, published by Penguin imprint, Merky Books (2022). I assess the claim that footballers, especially those that are Black, occcupy a "dream job". As an uncommonly transparent player, Danny Rose's outspokenness counters the narrative of the emotionally impervious player, hihglighting the pitfalls that can come with a career in the game -  a loss of autonomy, press slander, fan abuse and mental illness.

Produced the supplementary pamplet, The CARICOM Guide to Black Male Mental Health, exploring the way society uniquely maligns the black male psyche and offering techniques for alleviating feelings of isolation, anxiety and non-clinical depression for the second issue of Caricom Magazine (2019).

Assistant producer, writer and editor of the five-part podcast series, The Museum of Bad Vibes, commissioned by BBC Sounds Audio Lab (2022). In the Museum of Bad Vibes, Hanna Adan explores the cultural & spiritual significance of an Akan Gold weight, Benin Bronze, a Chinese Ancestral Tablet and a Papua New Guinean Koi board; learns how they they got to be in some of the UK’s most celebrated museums and asks whether they could or should be returned to their countries and communities of origin.

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Co-host of Award-winning, Over The Bridge Podcast, a show that dissects issues pertaining to the Black British experience and has featured special guests such as Stormzy, George The Poet and Nikesh Shukla.

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Co-founder of Mavros Digital, an agency that helps brands leverage the power of influencer marketing to connect with a global audience of young gaming and tech enthusiasts.

Former co-founder of Dapaah Chocolates, a family-ran artisan dairy-free chocolate brand, winner of the Honorary 2019 Young British Foodies Award and featured in British Vogue, VICE, BBC News and Mr Porter.

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I’m at an interesting period in my life where the possibilities of the future feel at once infinite and yet confined by circumstance. In the last three years I’ve become a husband, a father, and adopted a myriad of job titles, all of which awkwardly flirt in a

The Nana PrinciplesKwaku Dapaah