{"id":71989,"date":"2023-05-30T18:30:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T18:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/family-of-late-akwaboah-snr-holds-one-week-memorial\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T18:30:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T18:30:26","slug":"family-of-late-akwaboah-snr-holds-one-week-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/30\/family-of-late-akwaboah-snr-holds-one-week-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The family of the late legendary Highlife musician Kwadwo Akwaboah, popularly known as Akwaboah Snr. has held a memorial in his honour.<\/p>\n<p>The event was held at Trede, off the Obuasi road on Tuesday, May 30.<\/p>\n<p>Akwaboah Jnr, a chip off the old block, shared pictures and videos from the event on his social media handles with the caption \u201cAkwaboah Lives On\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AkwaboahLivesOn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AkwaboahLivesOn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/247rhapdDL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/247rhapdDL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #Password (@AkwaboahMusic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkwaboahMusic\/status\/1663541133199147008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Friends and sympathisers were seen trooping to the Trede Funeral Grounds to mourn with Kwadwo Akwaboah\u2019s his family.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FxYVvwMacAMuERj-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial\" class=\"wp-image-10032316993 lazy\"  data- title=\"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Twitter | @AkwaboahMusic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FxX5-CVWYAALA6y-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial\" class=\"wp-image-10032316995 lazy\"  data- title=\"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Twitter | @AkwaboahMusic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FxYVvwGagAQBsQ2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial\" class=\"wp-image-10032316992 lazy\"  data- title=\"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Twitter | @AkwaboahMusic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FxX1GUuWwAEfIe_-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial\" class=\"wp-image-10032316990 lazy\"  data- title=\"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Twitter | @AkwaboahMusic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FxX5-CWWIAA_Jco-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial\" class=\"wp-image-10032316996 lazy\"  data- title=\"Family of late Akwaboah Snr. holds one-week memorial\"\/><figcaption 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