Ernest "Owoahene" Nana Acheampong, popularly known as Nana Acheampong, is a Ghanaian

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musician. He is also the other half of the famous Lumba brothers who popularized

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in Ghana (the other is Charles Kojo Fosu, also known as

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). Nana Acheampong is also known as the Champion Lover boy. The Abuakwa Ashanti native and

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graduate has a musical career spanning more than 30 years. He is the father of Ghanaian singer

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Early life

Acheampong was born in Abuakwa Ashanti in the

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of Ghana. Ernest attended the

Career

In middle school, he led his school band. He left for

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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,

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, where he has done his latest recordings, with himself as Executive Producer for Owoahene Music. His songs include "Abu aka mesim", "Casanova", "Kata w'ani te", "Deobrenodi", "Nipa", "Se eye wode", "Obibini mu obibini", "Ever ready", "Odo yarea", "Meko odo nkyen", "I go die 4 u", "Mansusu saa", "Ako me square", "Brebre Obaahemaa", and "Wo wone hwan",

Personal life

Acheampong is the father of Ghanaian

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/afro singer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Acheampong, Nana Ghanaian highlife musicians Living people People from Ashanti Region 20th-century births