Sundiata Ramin is a cultural cur
ator and educator dedicated to preserving the legacy of Washington\, D.C.&
rsquo\;s go-go music. He serves as the Curator and Director of Tours at th
e Go-Go Museum &\; Café\;\, a role he has held since the museum&r
squo\;s opening in 2025.
An accomplished percussionist\, Ramin has ta
ught go-go percussion in Ghana\, West Africa\, helping to expand the music
&rsquo\;s reach beyond the United States.
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Kato \;Hammond \;is a Washington\,
D.C. musician\, author\, filmmaker\, cultural historian\, and founder of
TMOTTGoGo\, one of the longest-running platforms dedicated to documenting
Go-Go music and culture. A longtime guitarist\, \;Hammond \;is als
o a former member of Little Benny &\; The Masters\, giving him firsthan
d experience inside the music and culture he has spent decades documenting
. For more than 30 years\, he has chronicled the people\, history\, sound\
, and evolution of Go-Go through journalism\, books\, film\, photography\,
and digital media. He is the author of \;Take Me Out to the Go-Go: Th
e Autobiography of \;Kato \;Hammond \;and co-author of \;C
RANKIN!: Power and Resilience in Washington\, DC&rsquo\;s Go-Go Culture\,
published by Georgetown University Press.
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The lead author of Crankin! Power and Resilience in Washington\, DC&rsquo\;s Go-Go Culture \, Alona Wartofsky is a former staff writer and culture editor for The Was hington Post. She has been writing about go-go since the mid-&rsquo\;80s\, and her stories about the music have appeared in The Washington Post\, Wa shington City Paper\, Spin\, LA Weekly\, and craftsmanship.net.
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Charles C. Stephenson\, Jr. is a lifelong political and cultur al activist whose work spans Washington\, DC and beyond. Born in Harlem an d raised in Mt. Vernon\, he moved to DC after serving in the U.S. Army and went on to build a 30-year career on Capitol Hill\, culminating as Legisl ative Director for Congressman Ronald V. Dellums. Alongside his profession al work\, he supported grassroots voter education efforts and co-chaired t he Malcolm X Day Celebration in Anacostia Park for 25 years.
\nHe is the co-author of The Beat: Go-Go Music From Washington\, D.C. and a forme r chair of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities\, where he helped expand access to city-funded arts programs. Now based in Raleigh\, he cont inues his civic engagement through leadership roles in the NC Democratic P arty\, the African American Cultural Festival\, and as Chair of the Board for RAP\, Inc. He also serves as an advisor and board member for the Go-Go Museum and Café\;.
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