[1] Ajamu came out as gay to his parents in his late teens and describes their reaction as "impressively progressive for the times".
an exhibition of 24 portraits of a "…new generation of Black and proudly out young, emerging and established talent"[5] at London's Guildhall Art Gallery in 2014[6] and I Am For You Can Enjoy[7] with Khalil West, at Contact Theatre, Manchester, in 2016, which uses photography and video, to explore the lives of queer Black male sex workers and their clients.
Ajamu has described himself as an "artist who has created an archive"[8] and, in addition to his art practice, continues to document black LGBT experiences.
Federation[9] an "arts company dedicated to celebrating and showcasing the best in challenging, provocative works by black lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender artists nationally and internationally.
[2] In 2008 Ajamu co-curated the exhibition Outside Edge: a journey through Black lesbian and gay history at the Museum of Docklands.