BIO
Derick Armah is an interdisciplinary creative practitioner – an audio producer, photographer and researcher, with expertise in representing cultural histories through documentary formats and communal storytelling processes. He’s written poetry, produced documentaries for radio, delivered oral history projects, and crafted creative storytelling devices for museums and other cultural institutions.
Derick has a BA History degree from SOAS, University of London, where he examined African diasporic histories which are often contested and erased in the mainstream Western cultural understandings. It’s this academic background that frames his approaches to storytelling – no matter the subject, the aim is peel back layers of history that inform any story’s emotional core. In particular, he’s interested in bringing to light the intimate connection between person and place – how we’re all shaped by, and in turn, shape, our physical, social and historical environments.
He’s also a freelance event and documentary photographer, shooting corporate gatherings, panel discussions, audio listening events and even private family funerals. In fact, his approach to documentary storytelling – photographic and sonic – comes from his stint as a researcher and production assistant with a television production company. There, he got valuable on-the-job experience with the Sony FS7 II camera, an industry-standard for shooting documentary films.
Derick’s original podcast documentary series Windows was nominated for the prestigious Sound Design category in the 2025 Audio Production Awards, and along co-producer Ivan d’Avoine, he continues to document emotional geographies and personal histories through sound. He’s also part of the 2024 cohort of the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship.
Contact
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Derick can be reached via:
- Email – derick.armah97@hotmail.com
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Instagram – @thechichidodo
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Linkedin – Derick Armah