12 Facts About Kodwo Eshun

Kodwo Eshun was born on 1967 and is a British-Ghanaian writer, theorist and filmmaker.

Kodwo Eshun is perhaps best known for his 1998 book More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction and his association with the art collective The Otolith Group.

Kodwo Eshun was born and raised in the far northern suburbs of London.

Kodwo Eshun's father was a prominent diplomat to the United Kingdom.

Kodwo Eshun's family is of the Fante people of Ghana, and his younger brother is the author and journalist Ekow Eshun.

Kodwo Eshun studied English Literature at University College, Oxford University, and a Romanticism and Modernism Masters at Southampton University.

Kodwo Eshun later described his decision to pursue music journalism professionally as a devotional act that included a vow of poverty.

Kodwo Eshun's writing deals with cyberculture, science fiction and music with a particular focus on where these ideas intersect with the African diaspora.

Kodwo Eshun has contributed to a wide range of publications, including The Guardian, The Face, The Wire, i-D, Melody Maker, Spin, Arena, Frieze, CR: The New Centennial Review and 032c.

Kodwo Eshun now publishes academically, and teaches at Goldsmiths, University of London, in the Department of Visual Cultures, founded by Irit Rogoff.

Kodwo Eshun's contribution is the recitation of a text entitled "Black Atlantic Turns on the Flow Line", which condenses much of the thematic content of More Brilliant Than The Sun.

In 2002, Kodwo Eshun co-founded with Anjalika Sagar The Otolith Group, its name derived from a structure found in the inner ear that establishes our sense of gravity and orientation.