Nana Tuffour ( James Kwaku Tuffour, 14 February 1954 – 15 June 2020), also known as 9-9-2-4, was a Ghanaian

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 ...

singer and songwriter. He is known for popular highlife songs such as ''Aketekyiwa'', ''Abeiku'' and ''Owuo sei fie'' and had 15 albums to his credit.

Life and career

Nana Tuffour is a native of

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. He started his musical career with keyboardist Alex Konadu, and joined the Wanto Wazuri Band as a pianist, he later became the lead vocalist for the Waza Africo Band, and also released his first album yes ''Highlife Romance'' in 1979. Nana traveled to Nigeria, and worked with

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as his keyboardist. Tuffour died from COVID-19 in 2020.https://thebbcghana.com/highlife-music-legend-nana-tuffour-died-of-coronavirus/

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* Ghanaian highlife musicians 1954 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Ghanaian male singers 21st-century Ghanaian male singers 21st-century Ghanaian singers Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana {{Ghana-bio-stub