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Biography
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E.T. Mensah
Real name: Emmanuel Tettey Mensah
Effective period / Period of releases: 1986 - 1991
The King of HighlifeE.T. Mensah was a Ghanaian musician, a multi-instrumentalist bandleader and undisputed King of Highlife.
He was one the founding fathers of African popular music. His career stretched from the early 1930s to the late 1980s, and his music reached beyond Ghana to all corners of Africa and Europe.