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Amandzeba Nat Brew
Amandzeba Nat Brew (also referred to as Nat Brew (Amandzeba), and Amandzeba), is a Ghanaian highlife artist. Early life Amandzeba is an alumnus of the Christian Methodist Senior High School in Accra. Musical career Amandzeba first became known as part of the band Nakorex, formed in 1992 with Akosua Agyapong and Rex Omar. Amandzeba later became married to Akosua Agyapong, though they were subsequently divorced. Amandzeba is most known in Ghana for his song ''Wogbejeke'', off the album of the same name. Following the success of ''Wogbejeke'', Nat Brew adopted the name Amandzeba, meaning "Tradition Child" or "Custom Child", to reflect his African roots. In January 2020 Amandzeba signed with US label Jah Mikal Entertainment and announced the release of a new album and a collaboration with the US rapper, Michael Morgan, to make a remix of ''Wogbejeke''. Amandzeba was briefly hospitalised following a car-accident in the same month. In May 2020 Amandzeba released a song honouring frontl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accra
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population of 284,124 inhabitants, and the larger Greater Accra Region, , had a population of 5,455,692 inhabitants. In common usage, the name "Accra" often refers to the territory of the Accra Metropolitan District as it existed before 2008, when it covered .Sum of the land areas of Accra Metropolitan District, Ablekuma Central Municipal District, Ablekuma North Municipal District, Ablekuma West Municipal District, Ayawaso Central Municipal District, Ayawaso East Municipal District, Ayawaso North Municipal District, Ayawaso West Municipal District, Korle Klottey Municipal District, Krowor Municipal District, La Dadekotopon Municipal District, Ledzokuku Municipal District, and Okaikoi North Municipal District, as per the 2021 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the List of African countries by population, second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and List of cities in Ghana, largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, Ghana, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon in the north and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghanaian
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina Faso in Burkina Faso–Ghana border, the north, and Togo in Ghana–Togo border, the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the List of African countries by population, second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and List of cities in Ghana, largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, Ghana, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highlife
Highlife is a music genre that started in present-day Ghana in the 19th century, during its Gold Coast (British colony), history as a colony of the British Empire and through its trade routes in coastal areas. It describes multiple local fusions of African metre and western jazz melodies. It uses the melodic and main rhythmic structures of traditional Akan people, Akan music, Kpanlogo Music of the Ga people, but is typically played with Western instruments. Highlife is characterized by jazzy Horn section, horns and multiple guitars which lead the band and its use of the two-finger plucking Guitar picking, guitar style that is typical of African music. Recently it has acquired an uptempo, synth-driven sound. Highlife gained popularity in the genre "Native Blues" prior to World War II before production was shut down. After the war its popularity came back within the Igbo people of Nigeria, taking their own traditional guitar riffs and the influence of the Ghanaian highlife performi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana 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 is regarded as a pioneer of highlife music and one of the most illustrious Ghanaian musicians of the 20th century. Music Ampadu's "African Brothers Band" was formed in 1963. One of the founding members of African Brothers Band was Eddie Donkor. The name was in support of the call by Kwame Nkrumah for African unity. The group was later renamed the African Brothers International Band in 1973. Ampadu came to prominence in 1967 when he released his song ''Ebi Te Yie'' (or "Some Are Well Seated"), a song that was seen as potentially critical of the then-governing National Liberation Council and disappeared from the airwaves, only returning after the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Acheampong
Ernest "Owoahene" Nana Acheampong, popularly known as Nana Acheampong, is a Ghanaian Highlife musician. He is also the other half of the famous Lumba brothers who popularized Burger-highlife in Ghana (the other is Charles Kojo Fosu, also known as Daddy Lumba). Nana Acheampong is also known as the Champion Lover boy. The Abuakwa Ashanti native and Kumasi Technical Institute graduate has a musical career spanning more than 30 years. He is the father of Ghanaian singer Gyakie. Early life Acheampong was born in Abuakwa Ashanti in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Ernest attended the Kumasi Technical Institute. Career In middle school, he led his school band. He left for Germany in the 1980s and played with the Talking Drum band. He formed his band in 1987 before he hooked up with Daddy Lumba in 1989. They released their first and last album, ''Yɛɛyɛ Aka Akwantuo Mu,'' after splitting up in pursuit of solo careers. Acheampong owns the Owoahene Studio, in Suame, Kumasi, where he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akosua Agyapong
Akosua Agyapong (also spelled Agyepong; born 17 November 1959), is a Ghanaian female highlife singer and television personality. She was honored by the organizers of 3Music Awards for her achievement in the entertainment industry in Ghana. Early life Akosua Agyapong was born on 17 November 1959 in Accra, Ghana, to Asante and Akyem parents. She had her secondary education at the Holy Child High School in Cape Coast. Her mother was a Catholic while her father was an Anglican. Career Agyapong began singing at an early age and was discovered in the 1990s by highlife artiste Nana Ampadu, a highlife legend. Her first album, ''Frema'', was released on January 1, 1990. ''Frema'' had songs such as "Me ye Obaa" that became instant hits, in addition to other tracks, such as "Born again", "Anan tuo", and "San be hwe wo mba" among others. After the success of ''Frema'', she met Nat Brew and Rex Omar, who inspired her to release her subsequent album ''Esiwa'', another instant hit. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Omar
Rex Omar (real name Rex Owusu Marfo) is a Ghanaian highlife artist. He first rose to prominence in 1989 with the Aware Pa album which also included the track, Wodofo Ne Hwan? Following this, in 1992 he formed the Highlife Supergroup Nakorex together with fellow Highlife artists Nat Brew and Akosua Agyapong, the group's name being an acronym made up of the first letters of each member's name. He then pursued a solo career. He performed together with Sony Achiba. In 2004 Omar was nominated for a Kora award, and in 2005 he was nominated as Artiste of the Year in the Ghana Music Awards. Following the break-up of the group he eventually became the head of the Ghana Music Rights Organisation ( GHAMRO), and in his role as an advocate for greater copyright protections for Ghanaian musicians successfully lobbied president John Agyekum Kufuor to withhold asset to the new Copyright Bill in order for protections to be strengthened. He has also called for greater protections for the Gha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakorex
Nakorex were a Ghanaian Highlife supergroup active in the 1990s. The band was formed in 1992 by the musicians Nat Brew, Rex Omar, and Akosua Agyapong, and took its name from the first few letters of each member's name. Brew and Agyapong were later married. Their musical style combined high-tech and standard instruments, with an emphasis on live performances. The biggest song of the collective was Kpanlogo Yede, which is regarded as a classic Ghanaian song utilizing the kpanlogo drums and rhythms popular in Kpanlogo ''Kpanlogo'' is a recreational dance and music form originating from the 1960s among urban youth in Accra, Ghana. Origin It was first played by the Ga ethnic group, most of whom live in and around the capital city, Accra, but is now performed an .... The band split up in 2015, following the divorce of Nat Brew (by then going under the name of "Amandzeba") and Agyapong, the Nat Brew denied that the split up was a result of the divorce. The band reformed to perform a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highlife
Highlife is a music genre that started in present-day Ghana in the 19th century, during its Gold Coast (British colony), history as a colony of the British Empire and through its trade routes in coastal areas. It describes multiple local fusions of African metre and western jazz melodies. It uses the melodic and main rhythmic structures of traditional Akan people, Akan music, Kpanlogo Music of the Ga people, but is typically played with Western instruments. Highlife is characterized by jazzy Horn section, horns and multiple guitars which lead the band and its use of the two-finger plucking Guitar picking, guitar style that is typical of African music. Recently it has acquired an uptempo, synth-driven sound. Highlife gained popularity in the genre "Native Blues" prior to World War II before production was shut down. After the war its popularity came back within the Igbo people of Nigeria, taking their own traditional guitar riffs and the influence of the Ghanaian highlife performi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Methodist Senior High School
Christian Methodist Senior High School is a co-educational, municipal secondary school located in Weija, Ga South Municipal District, Ghana. History The school was established in September 1960 by the Late Rev. Gordon Nii Akwei Quaye of blessed memory with funding from the United States-based Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The school was initially located, in rented premises, at Asylum Down, near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle. Originally a private institution, it was absorbed into the public educational system in September 1965. The school moved to the present site, in Weija, in September 2009. The school is a co-educational school. In 2021 Yen News listed the school as one of the top ten senior high schools in the Greater Accra area. In 2015 110 acres of land belonging to the school were the subject of an invasion by squatters. By 2018 only five acres of the 110 acres set aside for the school were available for its use. During the 2020 Ghanaian elections, a polling station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 are variable but often include fever, cough, headache, fatigue, breathing difficulties, Anosmia, loss of smell, and Ageusia, loss of taste. Symptoms may begin one to fourteen days incubation period, after exposure to the virus. At least a third of people who are infected Asymptomatic, do not develop noticeable symptoms. Of those who develop symptoms noticeable enough to be classified as patients, most (81%) develop mild to moderate symptoms (up to mild pneumonia), while 14% develop severe symptoms (dyspnea, Hypoxia (medical), hypoxia, or more than 50% lung involvement on imaging), and 5% develop critical symptoms (respiratory failure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
