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Martin Adi-Dako
Executive Producer
Professor and former Director of the Centre for Cultural and African Studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumase, Ghana. He had his Secondary Education in Achimota School and holds a BA with Honors in Art, an MA in African Art, and a London Diploma. He is also a member of the College Arts Association of New York, USA, and specializes in African Art, Culture, Visual Culture, Technology in Education, 3D Architectural Renderings and Animation, Sound Engineering, Sound Design, and Videography. He collaborates with musicians, visual artists, literary artists, and other performance artists throughout the world, and is a strong advocate for global multicultural education.
Simon Asamoah
Videographer
Visual artist from Ghana who has studied and holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural sciences from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and technology in Kumase, Ghana. His has been active with his photography and video in Ghana.
Ben Cohn
Videographer
Writer, photographer, and videographer from the San Francisco bay area, California, USA. He is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound, where he studied International Political Economy. After graduation, Cohn moved to Yangsan, South Korea where he taught English for one year. He was the recipient of a Fulbright-MTV award to Ghana in 2014-15 and his research focused on the political-economic impact of music on Ghana’s rich history and culture. He set up a program to facilitate access to music education for the youth of Accra, Ghana’s capital. Working with local musicians and organizations, Cohn developed a program to give the students a voice and instill the power of music into those who seek it. Ben assisted with video recording and logistics and chronicled our activities for online posting for our film project. Since returning to the United States, he has focused on music journalism, as he founded a hip-hop web site, Da-What.com.
