{"id":440798,"date":"2017-11-24T15:53:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/24\/name-a-street-after-kaba-to-preserve-his-legacy-kojo-antwi\/"},"modified":"2017-11-24T15:53:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:53:52","slug":"name-a-street-after-kaba-to-preserve-his-legacy-kojo-antwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/24\/name-a-street-after-kaba-to-preserve-his-legacy-kojo-antwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Name a street after KABA to preserve his legacy \u2013 Kojo Antwi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Friday, 24 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-24<\/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\/41631125.295.jpg\" alt=\"Antwi9\" title=\"Antwi9\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kojo Antwi was full of praise for KABA for being a professional broadcaster<\/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=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511538832_78_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Veteran musician Kojo Antwi is advocating naming a street or road after the late Kojo Asare Baffuor Acheampong, popularly known as KABA.<\/p>\n<p>The music maestro strongly believes that it is the best way the nation can preserve the legacy of the late presenter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that we won\u2019t forget him, we won\u2019t forget what he has done for us,\u201d he said adding, \u201cwe must have some symbolic thing somewhere for him for that legacy to live on,\u201d he told Myjoyonline.com.<\/p>\n<p>While he thinks it will not be a bad idea to give him a state burial, he stressed \u201cwhat happens after that is more important. The state burial will be just a one day event but if a street is named after him, it will be there forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KABA dead at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where he was rushed after he fell sick early Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He was 37 years. He left behind his wife, Valentina Ofori Agyei, also a broadcaster with Accra-based Class FM and a seven-month-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Until his death, KABA was the host of Asempa FM\u2019s flagship afternoon political programme, \u2018Ekosii Sen\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Kojo Antwi was full of praise for KABA for being a professional and unbiased broadcaster. He noted that Ghana has lost a gem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met him just once but I can say that I was an ardent listener to his programme\u2026The way he presented his programme you could tell that he was a serious person who researched thoroughly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below for more:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mIJWixWnPTU\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 65 updated by: 4 --><\/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 Friday, 24 November 2017 Source: adomonline.com 2017-11-24 play videoKojo Antwi was full of praise for KABA for being a professional broadcaster Veteran musician Kojo Antwi is advocating naming a street or road after the late Kojo Asare Baffuor Acheampong, popularly known as KABA. 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