Amakye Dede Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/amakye-dede/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Tue, 02 Jan 2018 10:51:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg Amakye Dede Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/amakye-dede/ 32 32 Amakye Dede installed as ‘chief’ at Agogo https://citifmonline.com/2018/01/amakye-dede-installed-chief-agogo/ Tue, 02 Jan 2018 10:51:19 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=388002 Highlife legend Amakye Dede has been installed ‘chief’ by the Omanhene of Asante Akyem Agogo, Nana Kwame Akuoko Sarpong. The Paramount Chief conferred an honorary chieftaincy title on him at a colorful ceremony held at Agogo on 1st January 2018, ghanaguardian.com reports. The stool name given Amakye Dede is Barima Okyeredom Amakye Dede I. Explaining […]

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]]> Highlife legend Amakye Dede has been installed ‘chief’ by the Omanhene of Asante Akyem Agogo, Nana Kwame Akuoko Sarpong.

The Paramount Chief conferred an honorary chieftaincy title on him at a colorful ceremony held at Agogo on 1st January 2018, ghanaguardian.com reports.

The stool name given Amakye Dede is Barima Okyeredom Amakye Dede I. Explaining the title ‘Okyeredom,’ Nana Akuoku Sarpong said that the Iron Boy hitmaker is a crowd-puller whose exploits in the world of music has not only earned him a good name but has brought glory to the entire Asante Akyem Agogo community, where he comes from.

Nana Akuoko Sarpong further stated that the conferment of the title on Amakye Dede is say ‘thank you’ to him for his newly constructed hotel in the town.

Amakye Dede promised that he would do all he could to fulfil the responsibilities that come with the title conferred on him.

“…I want to assure nananom that I will take my responsibility very seriously and I will do everything to uphold the dignity of this office and I will not let you down in any undertakings that I have to do”, he said.

About Amakye Dede

Daniel Amakye Dede was born on 5th January, 1958. He is one of Ghana’s premier highlife artists popularly referred to as “Iron Boy”, “the highlife maestro” and “Abrantie” (which translates in English as ‘Gentleman’).

Amakye Dede was born in Agogo, Ashanti Akim. He attended Agogo Roman School.

Dede began his career in 1973 when he joined the Kumapim Royals as a composer and vocalist. This band, led by Akwasi Ampofo Agyei (AAA), had hits such as “Abebi Bewua Eso”, “Wanware Me A”, “Odo Mani Agyina”, and the seminal “Ohohoo Batani”. Dede moved to Nigeria where he had his hit “Jealousy go shame”.

He then formed his own band, the Apollo High Kings, in 1980. He dominated the highlife scene in the 1980s and 1990s and has continued to have hit songs in the 21st century. He has headlined so many concerts locally and internationally.

He made almost 20 albums. In his later career, he experimented with different genres; soca, calypso, lovers rock and pop music.

Some of his popular songs include ‘Handkerchief,’ ‘Seniwa,’ ‘Brebrebe yi,’ ‘Mensuro,’ ‘Mabre,’ ‘Broken Promises,’ ‘Nsuo Amuna,’ ‘Sokoo na mmaa pe,’ ‘Kose kose,’ ‘Dabi dabi,’ ‘Mefre wo,’ ‘Okyena sesei,’ ‘Odo nfonii,’ ‘Nka akyi,’ ‘M’ani agyina,’ ‘To be a man na war,’ and ‘Iron Boy,’ among others.

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By: Kwame Dadzie/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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]]> Ghana Music Week Festival postponed https://citifmonline.com/2016/10/ghana-music-week-festival-postponed/ Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:40:26 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=260072 The Ghana Music Week Festival, which was scheduled to start Friday, October 21, 2016, has been postponed to December 30. In a statement, the organisers of the festival stated that the postponement was to help them ‘fix a technical element.’ “The postponement has become very necessary to enable the organisers fix a technical element, responsible […]

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]]> The Ghana Music Week Festival, which was scheduled to start Friday, October 21, 2016, has been postponed to December 30.

In a statement, the organisers of the festival stated that the postponement was to help them ‘fix a technical element.’

“The postponement has become very necessary to enable the organisers fix a technical element, responsible for delivering an unprecedented event-experience per GMW-UK concept,” the statement stated.

“The postponement would give us even more time to market the event adequately for the right impact, considering that GMW-UK primarily aims at marketing and driving the right traffic to the main festival in Ghana next March.”

The statement was signed by Freddie Annang, who is the chairman of the GMW-UK planning committee.

Stonebwoy is the headline artiste of the festival, with EL and Amakye Dede also performing.

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By: Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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]]> Stonebwoy, EL, Amakye Dede to perform at Ghana Music Week Festival https://citifmonline.com/2016/09/stonebwoy-el-and-amakye-dede-to-perform-at-ghana-music-week-festival/ Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:18:19 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=248559 Stonebwoy, EL and Amakye Dede are booked to perform at the Ghana Music Week Festival in London. They will perform at indigo at The O2 on Friday, October 21, 2016. Tickets for the event are on sale at axs.com and at shoobs.com. Stonebwoy has been touring the world in recent weeks. He recently returned from […]

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]]> Stonebwoy, EL and Amakye Dede are booked to perform at the Ghana Music Week Festival in London. They will perform at indigo at The O2 on Friday, October 21, 2016.

Tickets for the event are on sale at axs.com and at shoobs.com.

Stonebwoy has been touring the world in recent weeks. He recently returned from Australia then went to Tamale where he was enskinned Sapashini (Dancehall Warrior) of Ghana.

EL has also released his Bar 3 album which features some talented artistes.

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By: Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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