About

People’s Stories Project (PSP) cultural platform was launched in 2018 and has grown to include a network of new and established writers, photographers, film and video makers who are commissioned to produce a fresh, nuanced and eclectic range of interviews, commentaries and photo essays. Through these contributions, PSP is building a repository of stories that capture the dynamic eco-system of creativity that exists throughout Africa, its diaspora and other areas of the globe.

At the heart of PSP are thoughts on culture – whether explored through art, design, behaviourism, environment, technology …or specific themes that highlight the contemporary experience of living, being and creating within an urban or non-urban space.


Nana Ocran – (ninaphotography.co.uk)

Nana Ocran is the London-based Founder and Editor of People’s Stories Project. She was formerly Editor-in- Chief for the Time Out Group’s series of guides to Lagos and Abuja (2007-2013) and has consulted on and established publications on West African culture for the Danish Film Institute, Arts Council England, and the Institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva). She was Editor in Chief for the British Council’s Connected Futures print magazine, which was developed as part of the organisation’s Connected Futures ZA programme (2013-2016). In 2014 she was a curatorial advisor for the Afrofuture design programme at La Rinascente retail store in Italy, during Milan Design Week. She has also written design-focused articles for Design Indaba (Cape Town), Gestalten Books (Berlin) and has previously been a Pan African trends watcher for the Breakthrough Innovation Group (B.I.G) – a creative marketing think tank for Pernod-Ricard, Paris. She has also been engaged as an editor for the Clore Leadership Brilliant Routes Cultural Programme. Nana is a long-time Associate Lecturer at the London campus of Omnes Education, a private multidisciplinary higher education and research institution, where she has designed modular courses in Visual Culture and creative Trendspotting for international students.

Nana has designed and delivered transmedia storytelling workshops for cultural producers in Colombia. This was in partnership with British Council Americas, the Colombian Ministry of Culture and the digital agency, Poliedro in Bogotá. 

She has been a cultural advisor and artist nominator for the Rolls-Royce contemporary-textile based Spirit of Ecstasy Challenge, which is one of the company’s annual arts programmes.  

Nana is also a cultural trends writer and researcher for Canvas8, the award-winning behavioural insights agency.




Our logo font, Tuckshop Titling, is by designer Tapiwanashe Sebastian Garikayi. It’s inspired by sign writing in Chinotimba, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe where it’s seen on posters, billboards, t-shirts and headlines.


People’s Stories Project was founded by Nana Ocran, with initial grant support from British Council UK.


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