About

Born in 1970 in the village of Tanchara in the Upper West Region of Ghana, Aaron Bebe Sukura showed a great enthusiasm for music at an early age. He would trace the sound of the gyil, the wooden xylophone played in this area of West Africa, to wherever it was being played. Even before he could walk, Aaron would crawl and climb to the xylophone anytime his father was playing, often holding the mallets together with his father as he played. At his grandfather’s funeral, someone told his mother that Aaron would be a great xylophonist one day, and that prediction has been realized, for today, Aaron is a multi-talented instrumentalist.
Aaron was enrolled in Tanchara Primary and Middle Schools, where he was educated from 1979-1989. Upon completing his schooling here, he traveled south to the Ghanaian capital, Accra, and in 1992, he began working for the Music Department of the University of Ghana as a xylophone instructor. He also took the opportunity to continue his own studies and attempted the General Certificate of Education (G.C.E.) Ordinary Level in 1996 under the auspices of the West African Examination Council.
Senior Instructor at the University of Ghana, Senior Instructor, bandleader at the University of Ghana, Legon. At University of Ghana, Legon and Musician at International Centre for African Music and Dance, Legon, Accra