Joe Mensah

Joe Mensah

ghana afrobeat highlife funk afrofunk

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About Joe Mensah

(from The Rough Guide to Highlife) "Joe Mensah, a singer from the Ghanaian coastal port of Takoradi, joined the Broadway band as a young lad. Moving to nigeria in the early 1960s, he then gained success with Chief Bill Friday's highlife band, contributing to the original version of 'Bosoe' (also spelled 'Bonsue'). He later returned to Broadway, yet another outfit that travelled abroad on Ghana public relations trips. The band evolved into Uhuru Dance Band

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Africa Is Home

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Shakamo

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Cry Laughter

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Bosoe

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Happy Beat

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Africa Is Home (Natural Self Re-Edit)

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Africa Is Home - Natural Self Re-Edit

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Love And Day

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Something For Nothing

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Bonsue

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