Kafui Creative began as a collaboration between two friends who became husband and wife. Sampson, a Ghanaian master drummer and master kente weaver, and Hool, an art educator and drummer from Colorado, met when Hool arrived in Ghana on a research grant through the Rhode Island School of Design. Their partnership combined Sampson’s deep knowledge of traditional craft and rhythm with Hool’s passion in art, education, and drumming.

The project that brought them together was a large-scale painting and drumming initiative to save the Welcome Center in Sampson’s village of Tafi Abuife. Working with residents, they restored the center and turned it into a living canvas. Collaborative murals cover the exterior and interior walls along with a dedicated space that showcases and sells the village’s kente textiles to tourists and fellow Ghanaians. The project strengthened community ties, preserved local heritage, and created a sustainable marketplace for weavers.

Following, Kafui Creative continued to grow. Hool remained in Ghana for six more years with providing consultation and volunteering as a teacher with the Ghana Education Service in the Eastern Region. Two beautiful children were also born within that time and Sampson continued to weave traditional kente. Kafui Creative was soon realized as a way of life. That life itself is art.

During Covid 19, as businesses and schools were closed. Hool and Sampson started a daily art challenge with the children of Akosombo, Eastern Region, Ghana, A prompt was was written every morning on the door of their home and children of all ages would create something or draw something based on the prompt. Students who participated received art supplies to continue their artistic pursuits. The challenge was posted daily to social media and the entire world was astounded by the work of the young artists. A few highlights included: flip-flop sandals made out of cardboard, a detailed portrait of the Ghanaian president at that time Nana Ado Dankwa Akufo Addo, and a Ghana Must Go tote bag sewn entirely out of drinking water sachets.

While continuing to teach art and welcoming two more beautiful children into the family, in 2025, Hool received a research grant to teach drumming and multi-sensory artistic practice while documenting the inherit value therein through anecdotal and arts based research

The advisor and benefactor of the grant is Dr. Charles Keil who is a renowned ethnomusicologist, activist, musician, and cultural anthropologist who has authored Urban Blues, Tiv Song, and Born to Groove among many other important cultural works. Hool has been fulfilling her grant work at Bethany Busy Bee Early Childhood Center in Colorado and Sampson has advised and co-taught with Hool the traditional Borborbor and Agbadza dances from the Volta Region of Ghana to the 18month-6 year old students of Busy Bee.

Sampson and Hool will continue to find ways to encourage the young ones of this generation through art and music while noting that we are all drummers, we just have to listen to our heart!

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