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Owusu Ansah
Owusu is a both surname and given name in the Akan language. The name is originally from the Akan people of Ghana. Owusu is one of the most common Akan surnames or given names in Ghana. However, it is a real name; thus, there are both male and female versions. (male: "OWUSU" and female: "OWUSUA") which means "Strong-Willed and Determined" in Akan. It is the second most common surname in Ghana, with one in 80 people having this name. Notable people with the name include: *Akwasi Owusu-Ansah (born 1988), American football safety and wide receiver * Andrew Owusu (born 1972), Ghanaian athlete who competes in the triple jump * Basty Owusu Kyeremateng (born 1987), Italian footballer *Belinda Owusu (born 1989), British actress * Benjamin Owusu (1989–2010), Ghanaian footballer * Chris Owusu (born 1990), American football player * Collins Owusu, contestant on ''Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 5)'' *Daniel Owusu (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer * David Owusu, English footballer * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akan Language
Akan () is a Central Tano language and the principal native language of the Akan people of Ghana, spoken over much of the southern half of Ghana. About 80% of Ghana's population can speak Akan, and about 44% of Ghanaians are native speakers. It is also spoken in parts of Côte d'Ivoire. Four dialects have been developed as literary standards with distinct orthographies: Asante, Akuapem, Bono (collectively known as Twi), and Fante; which, despite being mutually intelligible, were inaccessible in written form to speakers of the other standards until the Akan Orthography Committee (AOC)'s development of a common Akan orthography in 1978, based mainly on Akuapem Twi. This unified orthography is used as the medium of instruction in primary school by speakers of several other Central Tano languages, such as Akyem, Anyi, Sehwi, Fante, Ahanta, and the Guan languages. The Akan Orthography Committee has worked on the creation of a standard orthography. With the Atlantic slav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Owusu-Adjapong
Felix Kwasi Owusu-Adjapong (born February 13, 1944) is a Ghanaian politician and a former member of the Parliament of Ghana as a New Patriotic Party (NPP) representative for Akyem Swedru of the eastern region of Ghana. He was also a former minister of for Energy and a former national chairman of the new patriotic party. Early life and education Felix Owusu-Adjapong studied Land Economy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi. He also studied Housing, Planning and Building at the Bouwcentrum Institute in Rotterdam, Urban Land Appraisal at the University of Reading in England, and law at the Ghana School of Law. Political career Owusu-Agyapong is a member of the 2nd,3rd and 4th Parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was first elected Member of Parliament for Akyem Swedru in the 1996 Ghanaian general elections with a total of 15,824 making 45.30% of the total valid votes cast that year. He was re-elected in the 2000 Ghanaian general electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owusu Ampomah
Owusu Ampomah (born 6 February 1985) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Ampomah was born in Accra. He played for Cornerstones, Liberty Professionals F.C., RedBull South Africa, Kumasi Envoys, King Faisal Babes and German club SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg () or just Freiburg, is a German football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions from the 2. Bund .... References External links * 1985 births Living people Footballers from Accra Men's association football forwards Ghanaian men's footballers 2. Bundesliga players King Faisal Babes F.C. players SC Freiburg players Cornerstones F.C. players Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Ghanaian expatriates in South Africa Expatriate men's soccer players in Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owusu Afriyie
Owusu Afriyie Martin (born 1 September 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer. Nicknamed Arriki, he played as a midfielder in Ghana, Spain, Portugal, Austria, and England. Career Born in Accra, Afriyie began his career with Real Sportive, before earning a move to Spanish side Badajoz after just a season. His performances ensured a move to bigger club Málaga, where he spent a season on loan at Portuguese club Chaves. In 2001 Arriky returned to Ghana to spend two seasons with Hearts of Oak, before spending a further two seasons in Austria with Feldkirchen. Short spells in Spain with Linares and Melilla, and in England with Enfield Town Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross. It had a population of 156,858 in 2018. It includes the areas of Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Highway ..., preceded a final return to Hearts of Oak, where he finished his career in 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obed Owusu
Obed Owusu Yeboah (born 26 July 1990) is a Ghanaian international footballer who plays as a striker. Career Owusu formerly played for Okwawu United, and later moved to All Blacks in January 2006. International career Owusu earned his first call-up to the Ghana national side on 12 September 2009, and made his international debut on 31 September 2009 against Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... References ;General * ;Specific 1990 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Ghana men's international footballers All Blacks F.C. players Okwawu United S.C. players Men's association football forwards {{Ghana-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana Owusu-Nsiah
Nana Stephen Owusu-Nsiah is a police officer and diplomat. He was the Ghanaian ambassador to Israel and a former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service (IGP). Career Owusu-Nsiah was appointed by President Kufuor as the IGP in 2001. He held this position for 4 years until his retirement in 2005. Ambassador to Israel Owusu-Nsiah was appointed the Ghanaian ambassador to Israel in May 2006 by President John Kufuor. See also *Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is the most senior Police Officer in Ghana. The IGP is appointed by the President of Ghana acting in consultation with the Council of State. The IGP is the head of the Police service and is responsible for the ... References External linksPictures of former IGPs [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Owusu-Breen
Monica Owusu-Breen is an American television producer and screenwriter. Early life and education Owusu-Breen has described herself as "half-Spanish, half Ghanaian". She was born in England and lived in Spain as a child, where she learned to speak English from watching television. She moved to Brooklyn with her family at the age of eight. After graduating from Brown University, Owusu-Breen coordinated the production of music videos. She attended a PhD program at the University of California, San Diego and obtained a degree in television and media studies. Career Owusu-Breen is known for her work on television series including ''Charmed'', ''Alias'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', ''Lost'' and ''Fringe''. She often collaborates with screenwriter Alison Schapker. Her television career began when she was asked to write scripts as she was procrastinating while writing her PhD dissertation. This led, within two years, to a writer's position for ''Charmed''. In the beginning of her career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh
Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (6 February 1936 – 14 February 2011) was a Ghanaian children's writer, publisher, educationist and politician. She was the recipient of a Noma Award honourable mention in 1980 for ''The Walking Calabash''. Mercy Adoma Owusu Nimoh was a Ghanaian author and also the founder-proprietor of Ama Nipaa Memorial Preparatory and Junior Secondary School in Kade, Ghana. In the 1996 parliamentary elections she stood as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate in Kade Kade is a village and a former municipality in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Jerichow Jerichow () is a town on the east side of the river Elbe, in the District of Jerichowe ..., coming second with 37.9% of the vote. Works *''Rivers of Ghana'', 1979 *''Kofizee Goes to School'', 1978 *''The Walking Calabash and Other Stories'', 1977 *''Mosquito Town'', 1966 References Ghanaian children's writers Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Owusu
Lloyd Magnus Owusu (born 12 December 1976) is a retired professional footballer who last played for Hakoah Sydney City East in the NSW State League Division One, Sydney, Australia. After a move from non-League Slough Town, his career took off at Brentford, where he scored 64 goals in 163 league games between 1998 and 2002. He then moved to Sheffield Wednesday, and two years later transferred to Reading following a short loan spell. He returned to Brentford in 2005, and two years later signed with Yeovil Town. In 2008, he moved to Cheltenham Town, and also had a loan spell at Brighton & Hove Albion the following year. In 2009, he moved Australia to play for Adelaide United, but left the club in December 2010. Following this he spent a brief period with Luton Town back in England, before heading to Cyprus to play for AEP Paphos. He then returned to England having spells at Barnet and a loan spell at Hayes & Yeading United. In February 2012, he made a nostalgic return to his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwesi Owusu
Kwesi Owusu is a Ghanaian writer, filmmaker, and creative entrepreneur. He is considered "one of Ghana’s leading filmmakers and communications specialists" and is also the author of five books. In the 1980s, he was a founding member of the influential pan-African performance group African Dawn. Since 2022, Owusu has hosted the African Dawn podcast, covering "untold stories" from Africa's cultural history as well as current trends in the arts world. Biography Early years and education Kwesi Owusu was born in Sekondi, Gold Coast (present-day Ghana), in the mid-1950s. He attended Adisadel College, Cape Coast, going on to do postgraduate studies in Political Science and Pre Colonial African Social Formations at the London School of Economics (1980–83). African Dawn Continuing to be based in England, in the 1980s, Owusu co-founded the pan-African poetry and music group, African Dawn, together with Sheikh Gueye and Wanjiku Kiarie, later joined by Nii Noi Nortey, Merle Collins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Owusu-Bekoe
Julian Owusu-Bekoe (born 10 May 1989 in Tooting) is an English-born Ghanaian entrepreneur, speaker and former football player. Education Julian attended St.Boniface Primary school, Richmond College and Wimbledon College before attending London School of Business and Management in 2014 for a BSc in Business and Management. Career He began his career at Predators F.C. as a youngster, in 2006 he joined Park View, and won there the Young Player of the Year Award for 2007. He was given a two-week trial at SBV Excelsior on 20 January 2007 which was later extended by a further month. In 2008, he returned to Ghana and signed a one-year contract with Eleven Wise, in the summer of 2009 he signed for English Isthmian League Division One South side, Merstham. In December 2010, Owusu-Bekoe signed a three-year contract with Glo Premier League side Berekum Chelsea where he won his first league title with the Berekum Based club. His contract was cancelled at the end of the season. On 4 Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Owusu
Joshua Owusu (born October 2, 1948) is a retired Olympic track and field athlete from Ghana. He specialised in the triple jump and the long jump events during his career. Owusu represented Ghana at the 1972 Olympic Games where he finished in fourth place, 2 cm out of a medal. He claimed the gold medal in the men's triple jump event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games for his native West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Maurit ...n country. References * 1948 births Living people Ghanaian male triple jumpers Ghanaian male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana Commonweal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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