BRENT HEROES
Click through the list below to find out about the achievements of these heroes from the Black community with a connection to Brent.
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Ekow Eshun
Ekow Eshun attended Kingsbury School and is a Ghanaian-British writer, editor and curator. Eshun studied politics and history at the London School of Economics. He is Chairman of Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group, and Creative Director of the arts space Calvert 22 Foundation.
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Ernest Ezeajugh
In 2019 Ernest N. Ezeajughi was elected Mayor of the London Borough of Brent, population 331,000. He was born in 1960 in Awgbu Town in southern Nigeria, Anambra State, the son of Sir Simeon Okeke Ezeajughi, an educator and prominent politician. After attendance at Aguata High School, Ezeajughi matriculated at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik) at its main campus in the city of Awka where he was active in student government and studied medical microbiology before graduating in 1998.
Upon completing a mandatory one-year term with the Nigerian National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) he worked in his family’s business, Koval Linkworld Agencies Ltd. Ezeajughi left for Brent, England, in 2004 to reunite with his wife. He acquired his Master of Science degree in environment health management at Kings College London, then was employed at several organizations, among them the Royal Mail, Public Health England and the Medicine and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA).
Still attracted to politics, he became a founding member of the British chapter of Nigeria’s All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) party and was its chairman from 2010 to 2012. In May 2014, Ezeajughi, also a member of the Labour Party, won a seat on the Brent Council representing Stonebridge ward. Reelected in 2018, months later he was elected Deputy Mayor of Brent. He has indicated that his affinity for politics is owed to the influence of both his Nigerian father and South Africa’s legendary Nelson Mandela. The father of four children, Ezeajughi continues to live in Wembley with his wife, Ijeoma.
Errol Donald
Accomplished creative director and cultural consultant with a passion for cultural exchange, education and youth advocacy. Founder and Director of Mindspray, a creative platform established to preserve, celebrate and share cultural narratives, and currently hold leadership posts within the academic, cultural and creative sectors.
Esmond Buchanan
Director of EAB Enterprizes in Wembley who are a local washing machine repair company. They provide washing machine repairs, dishwasher repairs and domestic appliance repairs.
