{"id":365574,"date":"2017-10-27T08:24:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T08:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=365574"},"modified":"2017-10-27T08:24:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T08:24:51","slug":"veteran-musician-ewurama-badu-passes-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/veteran-musician-ewurama-badu-passes-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran musician Awurama Badu passes on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran highlife musician Awurama Badu is reported dead.<\/p>\n<p>She passed away at the Effiduase Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region on Thursday, 26<sup>th<\/sup>October, 2017 around 9pm.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of her death is not yet known but sources say the singer had been ill for some time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1341\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/58.jpg\" alt=\"Awurama Badu 4\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/58.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/58-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) Bice Osei Kuffuor, has on behalf of the union confirmed the death of the legendary highlife musician through this statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Musicians Union of Ghana announces with heavy heart the demise of ace highlife musician Awurama Badu.<\/p>\n<p>The musician who had been sick for a while passed at the Effiduase Govt Hospital in the late hours of yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Awurama Badu sang hit songs such as \u2018Komkom\u2019, Medofo adaada me,\u2019 \u2018Obaatan Refre Ne Mma etc.<\/p>\n<p>She died at the age of 72. MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1339\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/56.jpg\" alt=\"Awurama Badu 3\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/56.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/56-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Awurama Badu was featured on the 2013 Music of Ghanaian Origin (MOGO) Concert organised by Citi 97.3 FM.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 she was honoured together with female legends like Asabea Kropa, Grace Omaboe,\u00a0Grace Nortey, Efua Dorkeno, Naa Adjaley, Wilhelmina Mensah, Naa Amanua of Wulomei\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Value for Life<\/strong>, a non-governmental organisation founded by the then Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts at a programme, Dzifa Ablah Gomashie.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Awurama Badu\u2019s performance at the 2013 MOGO below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u1JNuwmBQs4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Kwame Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran highlife musician Awurama Badu is reported dead. 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