{"id":67563,"date":"2023-05-16T15:38:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/16\/highlife-legend-kwadwo-akwaboah-dies-myjoyonline-com\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T15:38:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:38:35","slug":"highlife-legend-kwadwo-akwaboah-dies-myjoyonline-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/16\/highlife-legend-kwadwo-akwaboah-dies-myjoyonline-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlife legend Kwadwo Akwaboah\u00a0dies &#8211; MyJoyOnline.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Ghanaian highlife musician Kwadwo Akwaboah has died.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of his death was made by his son Gladstorm Akwaboah, also a musician known in contemporary Ghanaian music as Akwaboah.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Joy Entertainment sources, he passed away at the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi in the early hours of Tuesday, May 16, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, Akwaboah shared a photo of his father with the caption: \u201cRIP DADDY.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Some of Kwadwo Akwaboah\u2019s popular songs are \u2018Awerekyekyere\u2019, \u2018Hini Me\u2019, among others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/The-Akwaboahs-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Highlife legend Kwadwo Akwaboah\u00a0dies\" class=\"wp-image-10032308949 lazy\"  data- title=\"Highlife legend Kwadwo Akwaboah\u00a0dies\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kwadwo Akwaboah (seated) performing with his son Gladstorm Akwaboah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; overflow:hidden;margin:20px auto; width:100%; min-height:280px;\">\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian highlife musician Kwadwo Akwaboah has died. 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