Performers Bios

Patience Bright Sewor

Dancer / Musician / Singer

Patience has 15 years professional experience in performing and teaching Ghanaian dance worldwide. She performed as a senior dancer and was an assistant director with the Ghana Dance Ensemble. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon where she teaches dance at Lewis and Clark College and performs the Homowo African Ensemble.

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Robert Obuobi Ashong

Musician

Robert Obuobi Ashong is an accomplished guitarist, singer, composer, and percussionist.  He is a master of folk highlife music of Ghana. Obuobi represented the National Youth Organizing Commission of Ghana and with them participated in international festivals from Libya to Holland to Moscow. He traveled Europe as a member of Wulomei group, one of the leading cultural groups in Ghana, and was based in Germany for four years with Kalifi Dance Ensemble.   For 7 years he toured the U.S., Canada and Australia with the Kusun ensemble.  Oboubi is now a solo artist and ready to share his extensive experience with any group that comes his way.

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Santemu Aakhu

santemuaakhuStoryteller

In West Africa a person is not considered truly educated until they learn a series of stories and proverbs designed to teach them healthy ways of living. Many stories follow life system events from cradle to grave, naming, riddles, fables, trickster and dilemma stories, self- esteem, conflict resolution, and cultural identity. Santemu Aakhu has been delighting Denver Metro audiences for 14 years with her storytelling. She is a talented poetess, musician and songstress residing in Denver, Colorado.

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Vida Tekpor

Singer / Dancer

Vida was with the Ghana National Dance Ensemble for 10 years. She now resides in New York City.

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