Maputo Mensah was born and raised in Accra, Ghana, in a family of professional musicians and聽dancers. While still a small child, he was dancing and drumming with his family, and before he聽reached his teens, he was teaching and performing these traditional Ghanaian arts professionally.
Later, he was honored to study for many years with Mustapha聽Tettey Addy, one of Ghana鈥檚 premiere artists in traditional聽music and dance, at the Academy of African Music and Arts.聽Over the years he has performed and taught with various聽dance troupes such as the Akrowa Cultural Ensemble in聽Kokrobite, Ghana, and the West African Folkloric Troupe in聽Accra. He also has wide experience as an international聽performer. Currently, he also performs with his own dance聽troupe, Logo Ligi, based in聽Boulder, Colorado.
Maputo is an accomplished聽master of the African聽performing arts 鈥� dancing, drumming, singing, and聽storytelling 鈥� and he is passionate about sharing the art and聽culture of Ghana and Africa with the West through the classes he teaches at the University of Colorado, the University of Denver,聽K-12 schools, and community classes. He also leads a month-long聽trip to his native Ghana each summer, giving his students the聽opportunity to deeply experience the culture he is devoted to聽preserving and promoting. In addition, he is currently working to聽build a new cultural center in Kokrobite, Ghana, to teach West African performing arts to local and聽international students and established artists. Maputo Mensah is a world-class artist, a much-loved聽teacher, and an ambassador for the culture he cherishes.
