Accra, Ghana · One night only, every night
Poetrymade it move.Strategy made it last.
I am Theophilus Atuahene Adu. I help brands, artists and organisations use storytelling, strategy and culture to move people and purpose forward.
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01 · The ask
What I do
Three strands of one job: the strategy, the platform, and the governance behind who gets heard.
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Strategy and communications
Positioning, communications and audience strategy, grounded in an MBA in marketing and a background in public relations.
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Slam platforms and ecosystems
Running Ehalakasa, Ghana's leading slam platform, and the selection and governance that keep a national circuit going.
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Arts leadership and governance
Serving on the board of the World Poetry Slam Organization on communications and marketing, widening the routes African poets take to the world stage.
02 · Running order
What I speak and write about
The subjects I keep returning to.
Brand Ghana, Brand Africa
Narrative power, and who gets to tell the continent's story.
The invisible work of cultural builders
The labour behind cultural institutions that never fits inside a bio.
When poetry becomes public voice
Spoken word inside civic life and the SDG agenda.
Leading without losing yourself
For artists who became organisers.
03 · Action in motion
Where the work lives
Managing Partner
Ehalakasa National Slam
Ghana's leading slam platform, nurturing poetic leadership and youth voices through a national circuit and a year-round performance calendar.
Read moreBoard Member · Comms & Marketing
World Poetry Slam Organization
Amplifying poetic diplomacy and global arts leadership, widening the routes African poets take onto the world championship stage.
Read moreWomen’s slam platform
SheShe Slam
Empowering women through poetry and performance in safe, well-run creative spaces built for competition as much as for care.
Read moreCommunity foundation
Vintagehub Foundation
Serving communities through intergenerational support and sustainable development programming rooted in local practice.
Read more04 · In print
Selected essays
I write about the machinery behind cultural work: funding, governance, burnout and narrative power.
05 · From another point of view
Sometimes the answer is in the silence between the lines.IyamAtuahene
Working with IyamAtuahene is like plugging into a bigger vision. He listens, strategizes, and delivers with cultural depth.
He is building a whole ecosystem, not just events. His leadership is holistic.
06 · Bring me in
Put it on the bill
Tell me the date, the room, and what the audience should walk out believing. I will come back with a format and a fee.
- Phone / WhatsApp
- +233 55 374 7213
- Based in
- Accra, Ghana. Available worldwide.