Prince Bediako
DDes Student
Teaching Assistant
pbedia1@lsu.edu
MA Louisiana State University
Prince Bediako is from Ghana and he now lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Design degree at LSU, focusing his research on African art history, material culture, and the intersection of design, memory, and identity. His doctoral work critically explores how design practices can serve as tools for preserving cultural heritage, fostering social understanding, and mediating local histories within global intellectual frameworks. Bediako’s master’s thesis is titled “Carving Cultural Memory in Ghana: The Sculpture Work of Osei Bonsu.” Nana Yaw Frimpong Boadu and James Acheampong employed archival research, oral histories, museum studies, and ethnographic fieldwork to demonstrate how Asante woodcarvers serve as custodians of cultural knowledge across colonial, postcolonial, and contemporary periods. His broader scholarly interests include visual storytelling, indigenous knowledge systems, and amplifying the work of underrepresented African artists whose contributions have been marginalized in conventional art-historical narratives. As both a scholar and designer, he is committed to advancing interdisciplinary research that bridges traditional artistic practices with contemporary design scholarship.