Nana Aboagye Dacosta is a Ghanaian musician. Biography Born in 1957 to the late Opanyin Kojo Obiri Asamoah and Madam Nana Yaa Manu in the Ashanti Region, specifically Bantam, a suburb of Kumasi, and the second child among eight siblings, he played highlife tunes for years. His parents would not permit him to become a musician, so …

Alfred Benjamin Crentsil (1943 – 13 July 2022) was a Ghanaian musician. He was one of the “big three” of contemporary Ghanaian vocalists. Crentsil won the Fontomfrom Evergreen Award, an honor bestowed upon a musician with 15–20 years of continuous music experience. He died on 13 July 2022. Family life Crentsil had eight children …

Kofi Boakye Yiadom (died February 2, 2020), known by his stage name Kofi B, was a Ghanaian highlife musician. He was known for songs such as “Mmobrowa”, “Bantama Kofi Boakye” and “Koforidua Flowers”, among others. He was inspired by the likes of Amakye Dede, Kojo Antwi and Ofori Amponsah. Education Kofi B attended Agogo State College in the Ashanti Region, but dropped …

John William Hansen (23 February 1927 – 7 April 2012) popularly known as Jerry Hansen was a Ghanaian highlife musician. He was a singer, a composer, an arranger, a saxophonist and a pioneer of highlife music. He was the bandleader and founder of the Ramblers International Band. He was a founding member and the first …

Freda Baffour Awuah (born 20 August 1993) popularly known as Freda Rhymz, is a Ghanaian rapper and songwriter from Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. She gained recognition when she entered the MTN Hitmaker Competition in 2017 and emerged as the winner of the competition. Early life and career Freda Rhymz is the last born of 6 siblings. She received his early …

Paa Kow (Enyan Denkyira, Ghana) is a Ghanaian Highlife and Afro-Fusion drummer and composer. Early life Growing up in a musical family in the small village of Enyan Denkyira, near Cape Coast, Ghana, Paa Kow began playing and performing music at the tender age of 5. His uncle and mother were both singers in a touring concert …

  Kwasi Poku Addae, better known by the stage name Kwaisey Pee, is a Ghanaian highlife musician. He is mostly known for his soothing voice, and has five albums to his credit. In 2007, he won the Best Male Vocal performance of the Ghana Music Awards. Early life Kwaisey Pee was born into a music family. …

Charles Kofi Amankwaa Mann (1936 – March 20, 2018), known as C. K. Mann, was a Ghanaian highlife musician and producer. His music career spanned over four decades; he won multiple awards for his songs. He was awarded the Grand Medal of Ghana by John Agyekum Kufour in 2006. Life and career C. K. Mann was born in 1936 in Cape …

Francis Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. An influential advocate of Pan-Africanism, Nkrumah was a founding member of the Organization of African Unity and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet …

Nana Kwame Larbi Nyanteh (June 26, 1937 – April 21, 2015) was a Ghanaian politician, an agronomist and Clan Chief who served as an Assembly Man for the Betom Electoral Area from 2003 to 2006. Prior to his election he stood as the parliamentary candidate for the New Juaben constituency on the ticket of the Convention Peoples’ Party during the 1993 …