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A dual citizen of the USA and the the Federal Republic of Nigeria, writer/director Bello Galadanchi, made a name for himself after winning numerous awards at short film festivals around the globe. In 2012, at just 24, he wrote, directed and co- produced the feature film, A Dark Place.

Prior to making films Galadanchi obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering.

Having also minored in sociology, the soft spoken filmmaker credits the “thought provoking storylines commonly associated with his work to his humble upbringing in Jos, Plateau State of Nigeria.

Bello spent 3 years at Voice of America Hausa Service collaborating with English to Africa on a daily basis, reporting from Washington DC on domestic and international events, and pioneering new methods of digital news dissemination such as Taskar VOA and Dandalin VOA. For example, he worked with Steven Ferri, the Africa Division Internet Managing Editor on efficient and effective ways of populating the Hausa website by transcribing radio reports and programs to text and uploading them to the website. The analytics of the news items were tracked at least 3 times a day gaining full comprehension of audience interest and diversity. As a result, more angles were assigned to the most important news stories for timely publication and sharing. This newly adopted habit saw a remarkable uptick in traffic, likes, shares and presence online. Consequently, the successful elements of Hausa Service multimedia strategy was adopted and modelled in the whole Voice of America language services using the term “Hausafication”. In addition, he

single handedly wrote, and produced a documentary about the resilience of Kano people amid the explosions of Boko Haram titled “The Happiest People on Earth” in 2014. After his untimely departure

from Voice of America in 2015, he went on to further hiseducation getting a Masters in Business Administration and PhD in Comparative Education, gathering significant experience working with people from all corners of the world along the way. Take for instance, as the founder and first elected President for the International Student Union at Zhejiang Normal University, China, he teamed up with Vice-President Alex Osipov from Russia, Secretary Silvia Losiana from Indonesia and other students from Mexico, Tanzania, Ghana, Poland and Argentina, to turnt he dark image of international students in the university into a strong and formidable academic oriented group. They organized more than 2 dozen programs and activities in a year that tackled academic, social and international issues. As a result, student’s grades improved by 16% while student activities skyrocketed by 80% in 2  years.

Bello is currently working in Beijing, China, as a curriculum consultant and international lecturer. He designed a modern English curriculum for the school, trained new teachers and provided a standard and model for instruction, assessment and goals for the teachers and students. As a trained teacher, he is passionate about explaining complicated details in direct and simple methods for any kind of person to understand.