Work
The griot works in every medium that carries a story. Twenty years across theatre, television, film, and advertising sit alongside the music — one practice, several stages.
Stage & Screen
From university theatre to national television, the same instinct for character and voice that shapes a verse has carried onto the stage and the screen.
Macbeth — as Duncan
University of Ghana, Legon.
Betrayal — as Jerry
Harold Pinter · University of Ghana, Legon.
NT1 Poetry Show — Host & Producer
TV Africa · a pioneering spoken-word television series, 16 episodes.
Basket Ball TV — Host
TV Africa · coverage of the inter-community competition at Elwak Stadium.
Desperation
Romantic-comedy series.
Peep
Investigative drama series, dir. Shirley Frimpong-Manso.
Potomanto — as Nana
Dir. Shirley Frimpong-Manso · award-winning, critically recognised West African thriller.
Credits drawn from his own CV and the public record — years are being verified and will be corrected as needed. Stills and clips to come.
Community, Writing & Education
Alliance Française Accra
Performer and creative facilitator over ten-plus years; contracted by the French Embassy to train regional high-school spoken-word champions from Ghana's ten regions ahead of their national finals.
BBG4K — BoredBoardGames4Kids
A youth-centred initiative using board games to build critical thinking, literacy, and creative problem-solving in Ghanaian communities.
"Born Here, Treated Foreign"
A widely circulated personal essay on identity and belonging that contributed to national dialogue on naming and modern Ghanaian social dynamics.
Campaigns
"Together as One"
National print and television campaign, shot at Elmina Castle. An earlier Tigo TV commercial he fronted, filmed in Mumbai, went on to win industry recognition.
African Diaspora Account — "Hero"
Print campaignPayplus — Outdoor Billboard
2014 · talent leasingPrint & TV campaign
National Campaign Work
Print & televisionAs founder of The Unwind Agency — a model and advertising agency established in 2008 — Ian has led campaigns and talent-leasing work for Ecobank, Tigo, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Stanbic Bank, Google, and Ghana's Gas Forum, among others, alongside agency partnerships with Ogilvy, Publicis West Africa, and Origin 8.