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This category contains profile information of celebrities in Ghana and across Africa. All information on this page is verified.

Biography of Afua Hirsch

Afua Hirsch (born 1981) is a British writer and broadcaster. She has worked as a journalist for The Guardian newspaper, and was the Social Affairs and Education Editor for Sky News from 2014 until 2017. She is the author of the 2018 book Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging, receiving a Jerwood Award while writing it. Early life Afua …

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Biography of Paul Adom Otchere

Paul Adom Otchere is a Ghanaian broadcast journalist and the host of Good Evening Ghana – a current affairs TV program in Ghana. He served as a board member of the National Communications Authority before he was appointed as chairperson of board of Ghana Airports Company Limited. Early life and education Otchere grew up in Burma Camp (Accra, Ghana) where his father …

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Here is what you need to know about Kweku Baako Jnr

Kweku Baako Jnr is a Ghanaian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper. He is a frequent panelist on radio shows in Ghana, including Peace FM’s weekday morning show and Newsfile, a current affairs programme on Joy FM (Ghana). In 1999 he was awarded the Journalist of the Year by the Ghana Journalists Association. He was …

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Biography of Dan Kwaku Yeboah

Dan Kwaku Yeboah is a Ghanaian broadcast journalist and former spokesperson for the Ghana Football Association during the period of the FIFA Normalisation Committee. He is also the Head of Sports for Despite Media Group who owns Ghanaian media giants Peace FM. During his tenure as the spokesperson of the Ghana Football Association during the era of the …

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Biography of Late Dr. Paa Bobo

Kwaku Agyapong Danemah popularly known as Dr. Paa Bobo (11 September 1951 – 28 December 2013) was a Ghanaian highlife musician, known as highlife music legend. He is also known for the popular and nationwide hit song Osobro kyee. In January 2020, Stonebwoy with his Bhim Band remixed Osobro kyee titled Sobolo. The late Dr. Paa Bobo is noted to have travelled to Nigeria, during …

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George Darko, Biography

George Darko (born 12 January 1951 in Akropong, Ghana) is a Ghanaian burger-highlife musician, guitarist, vocalist, composer and songwriter, who has been on the music scene since the late 1960s. Darko was popular in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and his songs are some of the most timeless and enduring highlife tracks in Ghana’s music circles. Some of his …

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Biography of Late Eddie Donkor Senior

Edward Kofi Donkor (1942–1995) was a Ghanaian highlife musician. He was popularly referred to as Senior Eddie Donkor or Eddie Donkor Senior. Early life Eddie Donkor was born at Akropong in the Eastern Region of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) on 6 March 1942. His basic education was at the Akropong Presbyterian School. He was keen on music from his youth. Music career Eddie …

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Biography of Late Nana Kwame Ampadu 

Nana Kwame Ampadu (31 March 1945 – 28 September 2021) was a Ghanaian musician and composer credited with numerous popular highlife tracks and he is known to have composed over 800 songs.He was also known as Adwomtofo Nyinaa Hene. Ampadu was the lead singer, chief songwriter, and founder of the “African Brothers Band”. He …

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