Nana Oforiatta-Ayim was born and raised in Germany, England, and Ghana, where she continues to live and work. Oforiatta-Ayim received an MA in Art History from the University of London. Working as a writer and filmmaker, Oforiatta Ayim explores narratives of representation and becoming, as well as of inclusion and exclusion; and is particularly concerned with what are considered alternative historiographies. She is founder of the research initiative ANO, has written for numerous publications, including Manifesta (2014), Kaleidoscope (2012), frieze (2011), National Geographic (2008) and The Statesman (2006), and has shown her films widely at festivals and venues such as LIAF, Norway (2013); Tate Modern, UK (2012); The New Museum, US (2012); and the Museum of African Diaspora, US (2008).