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Who is Tchidi Chikere? The Famous Nollywood Scriptwriter

Tchidi Chikere is a multiple award winning Nollywood director, producer, actor, script writer and a musician. He was born on 10th October 1975 in Mbaise, Imo State in the south eastern part of Nigeria. He is currently 44 years old. He grew up in Lagos and completed both his primary and secondary school education in […]

Biography of Anayo Modestus Onyekwere (Kanayo O. Kanayo)

Anayo Modestus Onyekwere popularly known as Kanayo O Kanayo is a famous Nollywood actor, producer, television personality and a philanthropist. He was born on 1st March, 1962 in Ahiara, Aboh, Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State in the south eastern part of Nigeria. He is currently 58 years old. His parent names are Mr. […]

Remembering The Late Kow Nkensen Arkaah

kow Nkensen Arkaah (14 July 1927 – 25 April 2001) was a Ghanaian politician who was Vice-President of Ghana from 1993 to 1997. Ekow Arkaah was born at Senya Breku in the Central Region of the Gold Coast (now Ghana). He attended Mfantsipim School between 1941 and 1946, then Achimota School. He proceeded to the […]

Biography of Mrs. Esther Victoria Sawyerr

Esther Victoria Sawyerr, also known as Awuraa Adwoa Serwaa, was born on Monday, January 30, 1939, to John Calepto Bonaldi from Milan, Italy, and Mercy Sasraku alias Ama Wireduwaa, an Ashanti royal from Kokofu Mensaase. When she was three years old, Esther’s father was recalled to Italy with his brothers to be enlisted for war, […]

Fast Rising Ghanaian Dancehall Artiste: KAHPUN

Samuel Ampah aka KAHPUN (Heart of African Reggae/Dancehall) is an award winning multi-talented artiste & song writer born and raised in Cape coast, Ghana on June 6, 1989. He had passion for arts at a tender age and enjoyed writing poems and lyrics as his hobby during school days Kahpun completed University Junior High School […]

Untold Story of Controversial Nigerian Pastor Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere Alias Odumeje “The Lion”

Odumeje is an Anambra-based controversial and radical Nigerian pastor, prophet, founder and the president of Mountain of Holy Ghost Intervention and Deliverance Ministry inc. His church is also called: The Land of Freedom, situated in Onitsha, Anambra, South East, Nigeria. Prophet Chukwuemeka Odumeje who was a leather designer working so hard for his daily food […]

Biography of John Dramani Mahama of The NDC Political Party in Ghana

John Dramani Mahama hails from Bole in the Northern Region of the Ancient Gonja ethnic group in Ghana. Mahama was born in Damongo in the Damango-Daboya constituency of Northern region into a political tradition dating back to the country’s First Republic. His father, Emmanuel Adama Mahama, a wealthy rice farmer and teacher, was the first […]

Who is Patapaa The Sensational Ghanaian Musician?

Justice Amoah popularly known as Patapaa or Patappizi (Papizo), was born and bred in Swedru Ghana. According to the One Corner crooner, he was working at a drinking spot before he became popular. According to him, the spot is owned by his mother, and he was ordering a helping hand to the mom. In his […]

The Legendary Ghanaian Bodybuilder William Bonac

Bonac started training at 13 years old as a way to release stress and trained almost two decades until he reached the 2016 Mr. Olympia stage. Bonac made his beginner IFBB debut at the Arnold Amateur rivalry in the heavyweight category where he took the third place. In 2012, Bonac was sixth and third in […]

Anna Jarvis: The Woman Who Regretted Creating Mother’s Day

The woman responsible for the creation of Mother’s Day, marked in many countries on the second Sunday in May, would have approved of the modest celebrations likely to take place this year. The commercialisation of the day horrified her – to the extent that she even campaigned to have it rescinded. When Elizabeth Burr received […]

Anna Jarvis: The Woman Who Regretted Creating Mother’s Day Part 2

But this was absolutely not what Anna wanted. When the price of carnations rocketed, she released a press release condemning florists: “WHAT WILL YOU DO to rout charlatans, bandits, pirates, racketeers, kidnappers and other termites that would undermine with their greed one of the finest, noblest and truest movements and celebrations?” By 1920, she was […]

Biography of John Evans Atta Mills (3rd President of the 4th Republic of Ghana)

The late Prof. John Evans Atta Mills was born on 21 July 1944 in Tarkwa, in the Western Region of Ghana. A member of the Fante ethnic group, he hailed from the town of Ekumfi Otuam in the Mfantsiman East constituency of the Central Region of Ghana. He had his primary and middle school education […]

Biography of John Evans Atta Mills (3rd President of the 4th Republic of Ghana) Part 2

For the inaugural presidential election in 1992, the National Convention Party (NCP) had formed an alliance with the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Former Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) Chairman, and leader of Ghana, Flight-Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings chose the NCP leader, Kow Nkensen Arkaah, as his running-mate for vice-president. Having been elected in the 1992 […]

The Life History of  Beloved Ghanaian Actress Nana Ama McBrown

Popular Ghanaian actress, Nana Ama Mcbrown was born in Kumasi, Ghana. Nana Ama’s mother, Cecilia Adzanim Boateng, and her father Kwabena Nkrumah, divorced when Nana Ama was young. With her father gone and her mother unable to take care of her and her six other siblings, Nana Ama together with her siblings were adopted by […]

Biography of The Architect of “Rock N Roll” Little Richard

Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), better known as Little Richard, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. An influential figure in popular music, Richard’s most celebrated work dates from the mid-1950s, when his dynamic music and charismatic showmanship laid the foundation for rock and roll, leading him to be given […]

Biography of Ghanaian Female Rapper Ruth Eno Adjoa Amankwah Nyame Adom ( Eno Barony)

Ruth Eno Adjoa Amankwah Nyame Adom (born 30 October 1991), known professionally by her stage name Eno Barony, is a Ghanaian rapper and songwriter. Born in Tema, Accra, she released her debut single, “Wats Ma Name” and also “Tonga”, the remix of the track “Tonga” by Joey B ft Sarkodie in 2014 that lifted her […]

The Story of Nollywood Veteran Chiwetalu Agu

Chiwetalu Agu (born in 1956) is a veteran Nigerian actor, comedian and movie producer who won the 2012 Nollywood award for ‘best actor in indigenous movie (non-English speaking language) Actor Chinwetalu Agu is happily married to his wife Nkechi Agu and together, they have 5 children – 3 sons and 2 daughters. He has been […]

Legends of Ghanaian Highlife Music: Nana Kwame Ampadu (Part 2)

Nana Kwame Ampadu I was born at Obo Kwahu on March 31st, 1945 and was named Kwame Ampadu after his father, Opanin Kwame Ampadu, the then head of the Asona Clan of Obo Kwahu in the Eastern Region of Ghana, and madam Mercy Afua Ntiriwaa, a devouted presbyter also of Obo Kwahu. Little Ampadu had […]

Legends of Ghanaian Highlife Music: Kakaiku (1916-1986)

Moses Kwaku Oppong, the leader of Kakaiku’s Guitar Band, was born on 2nd October, 1916 at Aboso in the Western Region. “Kak-Ku” became his nickname at school. Around 1934, Kwaku was very good on the guitar and was playing at parties, wake-keepings and funeral obsequies. He founded the “Kakaiku’s Band on August 1, 1954, giving […]

Legends of Ghanaian Highlife Music: Nana Kwame Ampadu (African Brothers) (1945-)

Nana Kwame Ampadu was born at Obo Kwahu on March 31st 1945. In 1967, he was leading the African Brothers Band in Kumasi under the sponsorship of the Ambassador Gardens Hotel. The African Brothers band’s first big success was the song “Ebi Tie Ye” (Some Live Well) released in 1967, which they later made into […]