Ekua, born in the UK, an African Englishwoman of Irish and Nigerian descent, travelled with her adoptive parents to the Cook Islands as an infant. Returning to a Northamptonshire Boot and Shoe town on the A6 in the mid 1960s. Arriving in Manchester in the early 1990s with two young children and a raft of community arts experience. Turning 50 in 2011, Ekua refocused her arts practice on her own sculpture and filmmaking. Becoming Associate Artist with Chuck Gallery, African Modern and Contemporary Art in 2016 and Artist in Residence in Alexandra Park, Manchester in 2018. Her work reflects her passion to construct images of humanity embodying the inherent beauty of all people celebrating nation, class, gender, size, sexuality and disability, stemming from her own life experience.