{"id":433508,"date":"2017-11-02T15:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T15:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/02\/awurama-badu-deserves-a-state-burial-son\/"},"modified":"2017-11-02T15:30:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T15:30:25","slug":"awurama-badu-deserves-a-state-burial-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/02\/awurama-badu-deserves-a-state-burial-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Awurama Badu deserves a state burial &#8211; Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday,  2 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>yen.com.gh<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/22983508.295.jpg\" alt=\"Awurama Badu Hearty\" title=\"Awurama Badu Hearty\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Awurama Badu (Right) in red and black died at the age of 72<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150834795851541\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150834795851541\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1509636625_899_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The son of the recently deceased legendary highlife singer, Awurama Badu, has said his family will be delighted if his mother is honored with a state burial.<\/p>\n<p>According to Caesar Ohene Karikari, his mother\u2019s contributions to the entertainment industry are worthy of such a ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ohene Karikari who agreed with entertainment pundits who suggest that icons such as his mother deserve such recognition by the state, said he will not demand such a gesture from the government but will welcome the honor if it is offered.<\/p>\n<p>In a report by Blogger Zionfelix.com, the son of the highlife legend announced that one week observation of his mother\u2019s passing will be celebrated on Friday, November 3 at in Effiduase Banko in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>Awurama Badu is said to have been sick for some time now and passed away at the age of 72.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from \u2018Medofo Adaada Me\u2019, the musician is also known for popular songs such as \u2018Komkom\u2019, \u2018Emelia\u2019 and \u2018Obaatan Refre Ne Mma\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Awurama Badu was recently recognised by a non-profit organization, Values for life (VFL), for her immense contribution to the growth of music in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Her last public appearance was at 2013 edition of Citi FM\u2018s night of Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO), held at the National Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TZxVYkdAfkU\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>Entertainment of Thursday, 2 November 2017 Source: yen.com.gh 2017-11-02 Awurama Badu (Right) in red and black died at the age of 72 &#13; &#13; The son of the recently deceased legendary highlife singer, Awurama Badu, has said his family will be delighted if his mother is honored with a state burial. 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