Nicknamed the "Golden Voice of Togo", afro-pop singer King Mensah was born in Lomé on August 12, 1971. Born Ayaovi Papavi Mensah to a Beninese mother and Togolese father, he started out as a nine-piece dancer in a traditional music show before joining the group Les Dauphins de la Capitale. After joining the Théâtre Ki Yi M'Bock troupe in Abidjan in the early 1990s, King Mensah performed as a singer and dancer throughout the world. Author of the 1997 album Madjo, he won the UNESCO Songwriter and Performer Prize the same year, before the 1998 release of the album Edidodo. Further awards followed the release of Mensah Mensah in 2000, including trophies for Best Artist, Best Album and Prix de l'Excellence at the Togo Awards, and the Kora Award in South Africa. Winner of another Kora Award in 2004, the singer set up the King Mensah Foundation in 2005, a philanthropic organization dedicated to the protection and education of orphaned children, and continued his musical career. After the album Elom (2002) came Yetonam (2006), Da (2010), with the participation of Bisso Na Bisso, then Akpe (2012), Togbui (2017) and Denyigba (2020). The same year sees the release of the Compilation anthology.
