{"id":423250,"date":"2017-09-28T23:59:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T23:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/28\/paapa-yankson-goes-home-october-21\/"},"modified":"2017-09-28T23:59:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T23:59:57","slug":"paapa-yankson-goes-home-october-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/28\/paapa-yankson-goes-home-october-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Paapa Yankson goes home October 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/58313016.295.jpg\" alt=\"Paapa Yankson Performs In Wheelchair1\" title=\"Paapa Yankson Performs In Wheelchair1\" width=\"295\" height=\"207\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Highlife Legend and songwriter, Paapa Yankson will be laid to rest on October 21<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1506643197_273_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Highlife Legend and songwriter, Paapa Yankson will be laid to rest on October 21 at Apam in the Central region.<\/p>\n<p>The burial will be followed by the final funeral rites which will happen in Accra on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement was made at the one week observation for the highlife singer who lost his life after battling an undisclosed sickness.<\/p>\n<p>The one week observation was well-attended by his colleagues in the Ghana Music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Paapa Yankson will be remembered for songs like \u2018Abam Kofi\u2019, \u2018Okukuseku\u2019, \u2018Show Your Love\u2019, \u2018Jealousy\u2019 and \u2018Bebia Odo Wo\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlife Legend and songwriter, Paapa Yankson will be laid to rest on October 21 &#13; Highlife Legend and songwriter, Paapa Yankson will be laid to rest on October 21 at Apam in the Central region. 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