Dr.Paa Bobo to be buried on April, 5

The final funeral rite of legendary hi-life musician,
Dr. Paa Bobo has been scheduled for April, 5 this
year, at Akyem-Maase in the Eastern Region.

The compromise was reached during the one week
celebration of the veteran musician over the
weekend at Maase.
The funeral, according to the family will start on
April 4 and end on April 6, with the grand funeral
and burial taking place on April, 5.
The date was reached at a meeting with the family
of the deceased led by Barima Gyansi Koree, chief
of Akyem-Anhwinease, the matrilineal home of the
ace musician and representatives of several musician
bodies including Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA),
Veteran Musicians Association of Ghana (VEMAG) and
the Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMBRO).
Other representatives the Association of Music Right
Owners (AMRO), Professional Musicians Union
Association of Ghana (PROMAG), Ghana Association
of Phonographic Industry (GAPI), Easyway Music
Productions and Music Council of Ghana participated
in the meeting.

Scores of Ghanaians and fanatics of the late
musician travelled from different parts of the
country to mourn with the family of the late
musician.

Veteran hi-life musicians, Paa Solo, Sammy Cooper
and Paa Bobo’s mentor Abirekyireba Kofi Sammy
among a host of musicians, set the funeral grounds
of Akyem-Maase agog.

Although it was a day to mourn with family and
friends, all who gathered had no option but to dance
to the sounds of live band music.
Madam Janet Akua Nyanta, the widow and their
three kids shed tears while family members and
friends consoled them.

The musician, born Moses Kwaku Agyapong Danemah
in 1951, died while on admission at the Korle Bu
Teaching Hospital where he was being treated for
lungs and liver complications.

He began his music career in 1968 by learning how to
play the rudiments of guitar from Veteran Smart
Nkansah and later mentored by Chief Abirikyieba
Kofi Sammy who later travelled with him to Nigeria
where he formed the ‘three axes band’.
Source: Kofi Siaw, Koforidua