{"id":465408,"date":"2018-02-18T17:30:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T17:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/18\/ebonys-one-week-memorial-service-in-pictures\/"},"modified":"2018-02-18T17:30:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T17:30:39","slug":"ebonys-one-week-memorial-service-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/18\/ebonys-one-week-memorial-service-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebony\u2019s one-week memorial service in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 18 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.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\/38459394.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ebony One Week Memorial 21\" title=\"Ebony One Week Memorial 21\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ebony died at the age of 20 when her music career was soaring<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518975033_15_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The St. Martin De Porres school was flooded with scores of people, family, friends, sympathisers and fans for the one-week memorial service of Dancehall act Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng aka Ebony Reigns.<\/p>\n<p>Several musicians, ministers and dignitaries were present to pay their respect and commiserate with the family.<\/p>\n<p>In any typical Ghanaian society, after the passing of a dear one, family and friends meet a week after the death mainly to make plans towards the organization of the funeral rites and also give opportunity for those who may not have been able to a pay courtesy call to the family, to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018sponsor\u2019 hit maker died alongside two others, a close friend and a military officer who according to her father, was her bodyguard.<\/p>\n<p>Born 16 February 1997 Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng aka Ebony, Ghanaian dancehall\/Afrobeats artist  who is widely known for her hits \u2018Sponsor\u2019 and \u2018Kupe\u2019, was exposed to the music industry by  Bullet her manager.<\/p>\n<p>She proved herself worthy to be maintained in the industry after her first song &#8220;Dancefloor&#8221;, in December 2015 became a hit and was nominated for the unsung category at the 2016 Ghana Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Click &#8216;Photos&#8217; 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