Kofi Mawuko learned singing, dancing and drumming at an early age in Ghana, West Africa - where he was born.
More than twenty years ago, he made the Southeast - and Chattanooga - his home, still hitting the road to perform percussion solo or with his Ogya World Music Band.
Recently, Kofi received a grant from ArtsBuild, the nonprofit that supports the arts in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.
He plans to use that money to study African storytelling in Ghana - along with Jazmine LeBlanc, co-founder of ELLA Library - teaching the techniques they learn to students in our area.
![Jazmine LeBlanc](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9736aa9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/538x535+0+0/resize/880x875!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F7b%2F4f4901fe4d8da4b4f95be9f12be5%2Fjazmine.jpg)
The Benwood Foundation
More details about Kofi and Jazmine’s trip to Ghana on their GoFundMe page here: https://gofund.me/e733adb2