Kingy Mensah Percussions

About us

Kingy Mensah Percussions is a project by Emmanuel Yaw Mensah. His vision of a great future despite all hardships inspired friends from different parts of the world. They encouraged his dream to make a living with music and brought in people who wanted to learn how to play drum. That was the birth of Kingy Mensah Percussions in early 2007. Soon after that he opened a shop and started to export his drums.

About Mensah

Born in 1980, Mensah was raised in New Town, Accra, the capital city of Ghana. While the Greater Accra Region is Ga land, Mensah's parents belong to the Ewe, an ethnic tribe that occupies the Volta Region of Ghana and the southern parts of Togo and Benin.

Influenced by the culture rich in traditional African music of both tribes, Mensah has been devoting all his time to drums since early childhood. At the young age of 10, the talented percussionist was invited to join his first music group.

Over the years, Mensah worked with various groups. Hewale Sounds, to mention one of them, is a respected group dedicated to traditional and contemporary West African music.

By working with countless musicians from different parts of Ghana and West Africa and through continuous learning, Mensah gained a vast knowledge of traditional rhythms and masters the Djembe, Kpanlogo, Gome, Ewe drums and more.

Mensah worked with the Ghanaian youth for years to preserve the traditions. He formed his own culture groups and trained the drummers and dancers. A long time before he started selling instruments, he had been building drums for his own groups, for churches and schools. He now has more than 15 years experience in drum making.

Kingy Mensah Percussions is supported by PMS Collect Ltd.

The Swiss-based trading company provides financing and operational support where needed.

Kingy Mensah Percussions

West African Drums & rhythms