Kodwo Eshun
Kodwo Eshun (* 1967 in London , United Kingdom ) is a British writer and journalist . In his texts he deals with topics such as “Black Identity”, Afrofuturism and the African diaspora .
life and work
Eshun was born in London in 1967 . He studied English literature at University College of the University of Oxford .
In 1998 his work More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction appeared , in which Eshun deals with electronic African American music . The German translation by Dietmar Dath Heller als die Sonne: Adventures in Sonic Fiction was published by ID-Verlag in 1999. The album Architectronics, produced with Franz Pomassl , was also released .
Together with Anjalika Sagar , Eshun founded the artist collective The Otolith Group in 2002 . He writes regularly for magazines such as Frieze , iD , The Wire and Sight and Sound . Eshun teaches at Goldsmiths, University of London in the subject Aural And Visual Culture .
His younger brother Ekow Eshun is also a writer.
Web links
- Otolith Group website
- Kodwo eshun in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kodwo eshun at Discogs (English)
- Interview with Kodwo Eshun at artpractical.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kodwo Eshun at v2.nl, accessed on March 22, 2012
- ↑ a b c The Otolith Group at macba.cat, accessed on March 22, 2012
- ↑ Book review by Matthias Hacksteiner: Kodwo Eshun - Heller als die Sonne: Adventures in Sonic Fiction ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 5.4 MB) at fifth-music.com, accessed on March 22, 2012
- ↑ Kodwo Eshun at de-bug.de, accessed on March 22, 2012
- ↑ Kodwo Eshun at gold.ac.uk, accessed March 22, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eshun, Kodwo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |