{"id":344565,"date":"2017-08-14T04:56:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T04:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=344565"},"modified":"2017-08-14T04:56:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T04:56:03","slug":"zylofon-boss-donates-10000-to-jewel-ackah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/zylofon-boss-donates-10000-to-jewel-ackah\/","title":{"rendered":"Zylofon boss donates $10,000 to Jewel Ackah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Executive Officer of Zylofon Media, Nana Appiah Mensah, has donated $10,000 to veteran highlife musician Jewel Ackah.<\/p>\n<p>This happened after Mr. Appiah Mensah had heard Jewel Ackah share the plight of his ill-health on Peace FM\u2019s Entertainment Review hosted by Kwasi Aboagye on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of communication for\u00a0Zylofon Media\u00a0made the donation to Jewel Ackah at his residence in Accra.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52815\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jewel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52815\" src=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jewel.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jewel.jpg 720w, http:\/\/showbiz.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jewel-225x300.jpg 225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jewel Ackah<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jewel Ackah who has been battling stroke and other diseases for the past ten years said he was going to use the money for medication.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Jewel Ackah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jewel Ackah was born in 1945 at Axim in the Western Region of Ghana to Emmanuel Ackah and Cecilia Dye.<\/p>\n<p>He started his education at the Axim Roman Catholic primary and completed in Takoradi in 1963. Jewel had a career as a footballer and later joined a shipping company called Palm Line.<\/p>\n<p>He realised shipping was not his field so he was introduced to a traditional drumming group and within a short time he became the best in the group. Jewel was picked up by a renowned musician named Ebo Tailor.<\/p>\n<p>He is one of the few musicians who made popularised the gospel music genre in Ghana after he had drifted from secular music.<\/p>\n<p>He started playing live dance band and played with guys like Elgrand Kwofie, C.K. Mann and Jos Akins as the master of the band. In 1974 Jewel recorded his first album \u2018Gyaki Mea\u2019 in the Nzema dialect which was a hit and won him several awards. He also teamed up with Pat Thomas to record the song \u2018\u02dcFalse Lover\u2019 the same year.<\/p>\n<p>Still as a drummer, he joined the famous Sweet Beans Band and through hard work was called to lead the Sweet Talks in Tema. From there he made his trip to the US with C.K. Mann. After his trip he also made some single trips to Canada, back to the US and then to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Jewel Ackah has over 27 albums to his credit. Some of his songs are \u2018Asomdowoe Hene,\u2019 \u2018Abena,\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m in the Mood,\u2019 \u2018Joyce Sane Bra,\u2019 and \u2018Me Wo Bi.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>By: Kwame Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Executive Officer of Zylofon Media, Nana Appiah Mensah, has donated $10,000 to veteran highlife musician Jewel Ackah. This happened after Mr. Appiah Mensah had heard Jewel Ackah share the plight of his ill-health on Peace FM\u2019s Entertainment Review hosted by Kwasi Aboagye on Saturday afternoon. 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