Joe Mensah

Joe Mensah (died 2003) was a Ghanaian singer and musician.[1][2] Described as a music icon of Ghana,[3] he is one of the progenitors of the highlife music genre[4] and among the more renowned highlife musicians of the 1950s and 1960s.[5] His hit songs include "Bonsue" and "Rokpokpo"[3] from his album The Afrikan Hustle.[6]

Mensah played an essential role in the creation of the Ghana Musicians Union and served as its first president.[3] While in the United States he studied music at the Juilliard School[7] and founded a radio show on WKCR at Columbia University featuring African music, which continues today.[3][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Joe Mensah discography". Discogs.
  2. ↑ "Joe Mensah – A Singer with a Vibrant Voice". Sunday Mirror. 8 September 1963.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Domfeh, Kofi Adu (22 December 2012). "Ghana Musicians Awards to be held by Joe Mensah Foundation". myjoyonline.com.
  4. ↑ Nwachukwu, Cletus (November 2011). "Femi Esho ... A Repository Of Indigenous Music". Ghanadot.com.
  5. ↑ Davies, Carole Boyce (2007). Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 526.
  6. ↑ "Joe Mensah – The Afrikan Hustle". Discogs.
  7. ↑ Finke, Blythe (January 1972). "Hostels for shelter or education?". The Educational Review (Hemkunt Press).
  8. ↑ "The African Show". Columbia University.

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