Maputo Ayuba Mensah resides in Colorado where he performs and teaches traditional West African dancing, drumming and singing. Maputo is the artistic director, choreographer and master dancer of Logo Ligo performance troupe, based in Boulder, CO. he also teaches full time at the University of Colorado, Naropa University, Bantaba World Dance and Music Studio, and Mosaic Movement Arts.

Maputo has a rare combination of qualities. He is a dynamic performer with intense, relentless energy and enthusiasm. He is also unique in that he is equally adept at at drumming as he is dancing. The passion and intensity that he brings to his very extensive knowledge of his cultural art creates a rare and fascinating energy in his performances. Maputo also has remarkable skill and maturity as a teacher, as he has spent many years teaching an international body of students and he has developed cross-cultural teaching skills with precision and humor

Born into an artistic family in Ghana, West Africa, Maputo was blessed with the opportunity to learn the traditional performing arts of his country's rich folklore and religious traditions. At the age of five, he began learning to dance and drum. It was not long before he was to join the Akrowa Dance Ensemble of Ghana and the Royal Ga Troupe of Ghana. Maputo took the opportunity to apprentice directly under the world-renowned master drummer Mustapha Tetty Addy, who supported extensive talent and knowledge of Ghanaian performance art. Maputo's other artistic influences include Chuck Davis, J.C. Commodore, Amano Ofori, Obo Addy and Kpani Addy.


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