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