Joe Mensah

Ghanaian highlife musician

Joe Mensah
Origin	Ghana
Died	2003
Genres	Highlife
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician

Musical artist

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]

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

^ "Joe Mensah discography". Discogs.
^ "Joe Mensah – A Singer with a Vibrant Voice". Sunday Mirror. 8 September 1963.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ Nwachukwu, Cletus (November 2011). "Femi Esho ... A Repository Of Indigenous Music". Ghanadot.com.
^ Boyce Davies, Carole (2007). Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 526. ISBN 9781851097005.
^ "Joe Mensah – The Afrikan Hustle". Discogs.
^ Finke, Blythe (January 1972). "Hostels for shelter or education?". The Educational Review. Hemkunt Press.
^ "The African Show". Columbia University.