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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 […]

History of Labone Senior High School

Labone Senior High School was started in January 1947 at La “Abormi” as La Bone College. The motto was then “Think And Fly”. The name La Bone College was first changed in November 1957 to Ghana College. Currently, it is known as Labone Senior High School. Labone SHS has led in many inter school sports […]

History of Koforidua Secondary Technical School

The school was established in the year 1967 by the then head of state Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. It was the second secondary technical school after Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) in Takoradi. It also bore the name Ghana Secondary Technical School until in the 2000s that it was changed to Koforidua Secondary Technical School and […]

History of Accra Girls’ SHS

Accra Girls Senior High School was established in 1960 as one of the Ghana Education Trust Schools. The history of the Ghana Education Trust Schools dates back to the 1950s and 1960s which marked a period of self-governance in administration under the distinguished leadership of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. There were only few schools and as […]

Detailed History of Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ SHS

Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ Senior High School (YAGSHS) was established in 1961 as part of the rapid educational expansion project pioneered by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first Ghanaian President after the independence of the country. The school started in 1960 with seventy students. The school was named after Yaa Asantewaa, the great historical revolutionary heroine […]

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 […]

Legends of Ghanaian Highlife Music: E.K. Nyame (1927-1977)

Emmanuel Kofi Nyame was born on 24th December, 1927 at Kwahu Dukomang. At Adabraka Roman Catholic School in Accra, he was a drum major (leader of the school fife band), a choir boy as well as a member of the select church choir at Accra’s first Catholic Church. When he inherited a guitar belonging to […]

Legends of Ghanaian Highlife Music: Kwaa Mensah (1920-1991)

Kwaa Mensah was born in Lagos (Nigeria) in September, 1920. He was brought up in Cape Coast. His uncle was the first highlife guitarist in Ghana, Jacob Sam, “Sam” or Kwame Asare, a goldsmith from Cape Coast. Sam taught Kwaa the guitar, and during the 1930’s, Kwaa played in a Cape-Coast adaha band, adaha being […]

Legends of Ghanaian Highlife Music: Kwabena (King) Onyina (1932-2010)

Kwabena Onyina was born on March 15, 1932, at Agona Ashanti. He learned how to play guitar and at 16, he formed a trio called the Cooler’s Band. In 1953, Mr Daniel Kyei took over the management of the group and named it Onyina’s Guitar Band. Onyina earned the title “King” in 1961, when he […]