Ghana’s former President turned 64 today.<\/p>\n
But unlike most years when family and friends have been around to celebrate with the traditional cake cutting, bowls of scrumptious delicacies, bouquets of flowers and a stream of well-wishers from across the country and beyond, he is celebrating the day quietly in Caracas, Venezuela where he is a special guest at the Afro-descent Forum.<\/p>\n
Just after the clock struck midnight Ghana time, President Rawlings surprised many at his hotel when the lone piano sitting in a corner of the lobby struck some soulful notes.<\/p>\n
The now 64-year-old former Achimotan had not forgotten those difficult music lessons he endured at his Alma Mater.<\/p>\n
Hotel guests and other revellers turned to catch a rare glimpse of His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings strike his favourite Bright Lights, Big City lyrics by Jimmy Reed.<\/p>\n
Happy Birthday Papa J!!!!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Read this article:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ghana’s former President turned 64 today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":436390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-445687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"\n
Rawlings Strikes A Birthday Note At 64 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rawlings Strikes A Birthday Note At 64 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ghana's former President turned 64 today.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Rawlings Strikes A Birthday Note At 64\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-22T14:06:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/\",\"name\":\"Rawlings Strikes A Birthday Note At 64 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-22T14:06:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rawlings Strikes A Birthday Note At 64 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Rawlings Strikes A Birthday Note At 64 - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Ghana's former President turned 64 today.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Rawlings Strikes A Birthday Note At 64","datePublished":"2011-06-22T14:06:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/"},"wordCount":150,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/","name":"Rawlings Strikes A Birthday Note At 64 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2011-06-22T14:06:23+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/22\/rawlings-strikes-a-birthday-note-at-64\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}