I did law because I couldn’t find rich gospel musicians – Ace Ankomah [video]

You probably know him for his legal exploits but lawyer Ace Ankomah on his other side is a good music writer and a guitarist.

He is an arbitrator at the International Court of Arbitration, a former law lecturer at the University of Ghana and an astute private legal practitioner.

Though he has greatly excelled in his field as a lawyer, Ace Ankomah said he became a lawyer because he could not find any rich gospel musician when he was in the university.

“I weighed the two: when I got to my first year at Legon, I looked at law and looked at music; I didn’t find any rich gospel musician so I focused on law. This was in 1987,” Ace told the host of the Saturday Live entertainment show on Citi FM.

He subsequently  decided to keep music as a passion and law as a profession.

If you have heard the song “Barima Yesu” by Joyful Ways Incorporated, then you should know that it was written by Ace and his wife, Josephine Annan-Ankomah who was the lead vocalist.

Click below to watch video of Ace Ankomah showing his skills on the strings with the Waakye Band and award winning artiste, Okyeame Kwame in the studios of Citi FM.

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Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong/citifmonline.com/Ghana

Video by Godwin A. Allotey