Ama Ofeibea Tetteh

Ama Ofeibea Tetteh is the founder and lead consultant at Chapter54. With a background in Graphics & Communications, Research and Programme Management and academic qualifications from Central St. Martins, Goldsmiths College and SOAS, her career portfolio is driven by a passion to harness the Arts and Creative sector to create opportunities and contribute to new narratives about the Continent.

Having worked within the Creative and Cultural Industries for over two decades, her professional offering centres on a deep understanding of cultural nuance and appreciation for the artistic as well as the operational.

Ama previously worked as Head of Graphics and Archive at international Architectural Firm Adjaye Associates (UK), Researcher at Tom Fleming creative Consultancy (UK) and as West Africa Arts Programme Manager for British Council (GH). Currently consulting at CCA Lagos (NG) as Programme Manager for Àsìkò Art School, her practice continues to be fuelled by curiosity, creativity and connection.

Project Outline

DIASPORIC CURRENTS & CULTURAL FLOWS

Exploring Creative Ties Between West Africa and the Caribbean

2022- Ongoing

At this pivotal moment in the global conversation on identity, heritage, and cultural production, I believe it is no longer possible to meaningfully engage with Africa’s cultural legacy or its contemporary creative industries without a serious consideration of the African diaspora. This includes the layered experiences of forced and voluntary migration, historical and contemporary dispersals, and the fluid cultural exchanges that continue to shape the lives and work of people of African descent around the world.

This project, developed through my consultancy Chapter54, will explore the potential of the creative sector as a tool for deepening collaboration between West Africa and the Caribbean, two regions historically linked yet often treated in siloed cultural and policy spaces. By activating transnational creative relationships, the project aims to uncover how shared histories, aesthetic languages, and current socio-political realities can be harnessed through contemporary creative practice to build new bridges of understanding and co-creation.

The Creative in Residence Fellowship at FLIA provides an ideal intellectual and institutional environment to ground this work. As a London-based hub with strong academic research output and a focus on Africa and its global connections, FLIA’s resources and networks would be instrumental in anchoring the foundational research and enabling wider dissemination. London itself, both a former colonial metropole and a present-day multicultural city, offers a living archive and contemporary meeting ground for African diasporic communities. As such, it will serve not only as a research site but also as a platform for activation.