Leon Mobley is a percussionist and drummer and is the founder and artistic and musical director of Da Lion and Djimbe West African Drummers and Dancers. He founded these two groups in order to help preserve African cultures, and present authentic traditional West African American dance and music to North American audiences. Through these groups, Mobley educates others about the West African people, their customs, history, and cultural arts and about the influence of Traditional African drumming and music on African American art and culture.
