Ghanaians mourned highlife musician Nana Kwame Ampadu, who died in 2021.

President Akufo-Addo was there with Alban Bagbin and Ambrose Dery.
The public’s grieving shows how well-known Nana Ampadu was and how much he impacted Ghana’s music industry.
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The funeral and burial will take place in his hometown of Obo Kwahu in the Eastern Region.
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In 1967, he produced “Ebi Te Yie,” a song criticizing the National Liberation Council (NLC), which had recently ousted Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah. The song made him well-known.
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