Julius “Vodzi” Torgboh is a PhD student in Ethnomusicology. He was raised in an exceptionally rich culture of music in the community of Dzogadze, Volta Region, Ghana, where he plays a key role as an indigenous knowledge keeper, music director, performer, ordained talking drum player (Atsrima) in Avenor traditional chiefdom, and Hunua (traditional spiritual leader).

He received his master’s degree in Dance Ethnology at University of Ghana, Legon, in 2022, and his graduate work at the University of Ghana has been chiefly in indigenous knowledge transmission. His master’s thesis title is ‘The Socio-Cultural Impacts of Flimani Kɔku Dance and Rituals on Kadzakɔƒe — an Ethnographic Overview.” It is focused on the mythology, cosmology, history, philosophy, music, dance and rituals of Vodu (African spirituality).

He is a co-author of the article “The Dance We Form Is Not for Pleasure” — Atsyiagbekor in Dzogadze: A Case Study of a Tradition in Transition” published in 2023 by Woeli Publishing Services Accra, Ghana. He is a formidably accomplished Ghanaian master drummer, dancer, singer, composer and teacher. He is the founder of the annual summer KPEDUĐO ART FESTIVAL with the theme “Supporting, Sustaining, and Strengthening the Role and Transmission of Indigenous African Expressive Art.”