{"id":433865,"date":"2017-11-03T13:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T13:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/03\/awurama-badus-funeral-slated-for-february-17\/"},"modified":"2017-11-03T13:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T13:30:27","slug":"awurama-badus-funeral-slated-for-february-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/03\/awurama-badus-funeral-slated-for-february-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Awurama Badu\u2019s funeral slated for February 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\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 passed away at the Effiduase Government Hospital on Thursday, 26th October, 2017<\/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\/1509715827_486_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The final funeral rites for the late highlife musician, Awurama Badu have been slated for 17th February, 2018, Citi Showbiz can say.<\/p>\n<p>The funeral will take place at the Centre for National Culture in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>This was announced at the 1 week celebration of the \u2018Obaatan Refre Ne Mma\u2019 singer at Banko in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>The family of Awurama Badu has also appealed to the government to give the deceased a state burial, explaining that she has contributed a lot to the Ghanaian music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Awurama Badu passed away at the Effiduase Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region on Thursday, 26th October, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Awurama released songs such as \u2018Komkom,\u2019 \u2018Emelia,\u2019 \u2018Me Dofo Adadaa Me,\u2019 and \u2018Obaatan Refre Ne Mma.\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>Awurama Badu passed away at the Effiduase Government Hospital on Thursday, 26th October, 2017 &#13; &#13; The final funeral rites for the late highlife musician, Awurama Badu have been slated for 17th February, 2018, Citi Showbiz can say. The funeral will take place at the Centre for National Culture in Kumasi. This was announced at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":433509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-433865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Awurama Badu\u2019s funeral slated for February 17 - 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\/2017\/11\/03\/awurama-badus-funeral-slated-for-february-17\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Awurama Badu\u2019s funeral slated for February 17 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Awurama Badu passed away at the Effiduase Government Hospital on Thursday, 26th October, 2017 &#013; &#013; The final funeral rites for the late highlife musician, Awurama Badu have been slated for 17th February, 2018, Citi Showbiz can say. 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