{"id":465302,"date":"2018-02-18T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/18\/awurama-badu-laid-to-rest\/"},"modified":"2018-02-18T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T09:00:27","slug":"awurama-badu-laid-to-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/18\/awurama-badu-laid-to-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Awurama Badu laid to rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Sunday, 18 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-18<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/33334682.295.jpg\" alt=\"Awurama Badu Burial1\" title=\"Awurama Badu Burial1\" width=\"295\" height=\"153\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The body of the musician being carried to the cemetery<\/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=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518944427_508_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Veteran Ghanaian high life musician, Awuram Badu, who died last year at the age of 76, was Saturday given a state burial in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>Scores of showbiz personalities, both musicians and actors, joined the family of late musician as she was laid to rest at her hometown, Banko, after a burial service at the Centre for National Culture in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>Born Rose Amoanu Gyamfuah, Awurama Badu died on October 26, 2017 at the Effiduase Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region after battling a long ailment.<\/p>\n<p>She left behind four children.<\/p>\n<p>Government\u2019s delegation led by the Chief Executive of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Osei Asibbey Antwi, represented President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>With was Kofi Dwumah, former Member of Parliament of Asokwa.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Music Union of Ghana, Bice Osei Kuffour, who led a delegation to the funeral, told Kumasi-based Akoma FM the death of the musician was a great loss to the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Musicians in attendance included some of her contemporaries \u2013 Nana Tuffour, Nana Kwame Ampadu and Abrantee Amakye Dede.<\/p>\n<p>Others were Augustina Addison and Florence Obinim, as well as members from the Film Producers Association of Ghana (FIPAG) and the Actors Guild.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/60782672.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: 39 --><\/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 Sunday, 18 February 2018 Source: 3news.com 2018-02-18 The body of the musician being carried to the cemetery Veteran Ghanaian high life musician, Awuram Badu, who died last year at the age of 76, was Saturday given a state burial in Kumasi. 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