{"id":408269,"date":"2018-03-09T12:32:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T12:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=408269"},"modified":"2018-03-09T12:32:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T12:32:17","slug":"church-service-held-ahead-of-k-b-asantes-burial-tomorrow-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/church-service-held-ahead-of-k-b-asantes-burial-tomorrow-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Church service held ahead of K.B. Asante&#8217;s burial tomorrow [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A requiem mass has been held for late senior citizen and retired diplomat Kwaku Baprui Asante popularly known as K.B. Asante ahead of his burial service on Saturday, March 10, 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408285 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-33.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-33-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-33-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The requiem, which is a church service for the dead, was held at the All Saints Anglican Church at Adabraka in Accra today [Friday], March 9, 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408286 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-27.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-27-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The diplomat and prolific writer died, aged 93, on January 22, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The final funeral rites will take place at the forecourt of the State House on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408280 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-20.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-20-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His family will, from there, hold a private burial for him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408287 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-28.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-28-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-28-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>About K.B. Asante<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born on March 1, 1924, K.B. Asante was the Secretary to\u00a0Ghana\u2019s First President Dr.\u00a0Kwame Nkrumah, and served under a number of Heads of States in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408267 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-7-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408271 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-12.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-12-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408274 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-15.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-15-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-15-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408273 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-14.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-14-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408275 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-16.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-16-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-16-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He also served as the Principal Secretary at African Affairs Secretariat from 1960 to 1966.<\/p>\n<p>He became Ghana\u2019s Ambassador to Switzerland and the United Nations Offices in Geneva, and the UN establishment in Vienna, and also the Ambassador to Australia from 1967-72.<\/p>\n<p>He also served as the Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Economic Community from 1976-1978.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408303 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408304 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-6-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Life in politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>K.B. Asante retired from the Civil Service in 1978, to form the Social Democratic Front to contest the 1979 election where his party won three parliamentary seats in that election.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408302 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He was the Secretary for Trade and Tourism in the Provisional National Defence Council\u00a0(PNDC) administration in 1982, and later Secretary for Education and Culture from 1986 to 1990.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408300 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>K.B. Asante attended\u00a0Achimota School where he later taught mathematics from 1945 to 1948, before proceeding to\u00a0Durham University\u00a0in Britain, where he obtained a BSc Mathematics in 1952.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408301 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He also became a member of the Institute of Statisticians in 1953, before again returning to\u00a0Achimota College, where he continued teaching mathematics from 1953 to 1955.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408299 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408297 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-38.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-38-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-38-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408295 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-36.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-36-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-36-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-408294 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-35.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-35-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/mass-requiem-held-for-late-kb-asante-35-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A requiem mass has been held for late senior citizen and retired diplomat Kwaku Baprui Asante popularly known as K.B. 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