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Joe Mensah

Joe Mensah

Ghanaian highlife musician

For the Nigerian Olympic boxer, see Joe Mensah (boxer).

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 1977 album The Afrikan Hustle.[6]

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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. [1]
    "Joe Mensah discography". Discogs.
  2. [2]
    "Joe Mensah – A Singer with a Vibrant Voice". Sunday Mirror. 8 September 1963.
  3. [3]
    Domfeh, Kofi Adu (22 December 2012). "Ghana Musicians Awards to be held by Joe Mensah Foundation". myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  4. [4]
    Nwachukwu, Cletus (November 2011). "Femi Esho ... A Repository Of Indigenous Music". Ghanadot.com.
  5. [5]
    Boyce Davies, Carole (2007). Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 526. ISBN 9781851097005.
  6. [6]
    "Joe Mensah – The Afrikan Hustle". Discogs.
  7. [7]
    Finke, Blythe (January 1972). "Hostels for shelter or education?". The Educational Review. Hemkunt Press.
  8. [8]
    "The African Show". Columbia University.


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