Portrait
Zelos tells the
stories of those
shaping tomorrow
today.
54 African Countries,
Countless Stories
Approx 1.4 billion people
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Documenting the People, Ideas and Industries shaping Africa's Future.
70%
source : UN Population Division, 2024
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2.5B
source : African Development Bank, 2023
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Our Cultural
Impact
We tell the stories the world rarely sees — through film, interviews, and on-the-ground reporting. Each piece is a window into the people and ideas shaping what comes next.
54
African countries in our scope
7+
projects in production
1.4B
people across the continent
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The work

Storytelling
Projects

Original works across narrative, performance, audio, and visual storytelling. Each project is a different door into the same question — what does it mean to document a life?

The Weight of Silence
Long-form Narrative
The Weight of Silence
Voices from the In-Between
Audio Story
Voices from the In-Between
Embers & Echoes
Live Performance
Embers & Echoes
Collected Works Vol. I
Short Fiction
Collected Works Vol. I
The Circle Sessions
Community
The Circle Sessions
Cartography of Loss
Visual Story
Cartography of Loss
Long-form Narrative

The Weight of Silence

Year
2025
Format
Series
Parts
7 Parts
Status
In progress

A multi-part storytelling series exploring the space between what is spoken and what is felt — the silence that shapes who we become.

Audio Story

Voices from the In-Between

Year
2025
Format
Audio
Parts
5 Episodes
Status
Available now

An audio storytelling project featuring characters who exist between worlds — between cultures, between identities, between who they were and who they are becoming.

Live Performance

Embers & Echoes

Year
2026
Format
Performance
Parts
Touring
Status
Touring 2026

A live show combining spoken word, original soundscapes, and visual art into a single immersive experience. Explores memory, loss, and the strange persistence of joy.

Short Fiction

Collected Works Vol. I

Year
2024
Format
Anthology
Parts
18 Stories
Status
Available now

A curated collection of short stories written across three years — each one a door, each one a mirror. Spanning grief, ambition, homecoming, and the peculiar comedy of being alive.

Community

The Circle Sessions

Year
2023
Format
Ongoing
Parts
Vol. 8
Status
Monthly · Accra

Monthly storytelling gatherings for emerging voices — a safe stage for raw, honest, unfiltered narrative. Running since 2023, featuring over 40 storytellers from across Ghana and beyond.

Visual Story

Cartography of Loss

Year
2025
Format
Visual
Parts
Photo + Prose
Status
Ongoing

A visual storytelling project mapping grief, memory, and recovery through photographs and accompanying prose. Each piece is a coordinate — a place where something was lost, and something else found.

Contact

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Talk.

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Get in touch

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Talk.

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Email
hello@zeloshq.com
Location
Accra, Ghana
Social
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About

Documenting
Possibility.

The mission

Zelos Studio is a storytelling initiative dedicated to documenting stories of grit, resilience, and the pursuit of possibility across Africa and beyond. We focus on people, communities, and ideas that are building progress — often in places and ways the world rarely sees.

Through film, interviews, and on-the-ground narratives, Zelos Studio shines a light on builders, makers, and everyday individuals whose journeys reflect courage, innovation, and hope.

Stories are curated by Expedition Hubert

"Every story is an act of faith in the unseen — a belief that what happened matters, and that someone else needs to know it did."

— Zelos Studio

01
Truth First
We tell stories as they are, not as we wish they were. Difficult truths make for the most enduring narratives.
02
Community
Stories are best told in rooms full of people. We build spaces where voices can be heard and connections made.
03
Craft
Every word is a choice. We labour over language, structure, and form because the how matters as much as the what.
04
Possibility
We document not just what is, but what could be. The imagination is the most radical tool we have.