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Francis Osei (17 December 1935 – 14 January 2025), known as Teddy Osei, was a Ghanaian musician who was a saxophone player, drummer and vocalist, and best known as the leader of the Afro-pop band Osibisa, founded in 1969.
Akenten II was born on 12 November 1910, in Offinso-Tutuase, in the Ashanti Region. [2] He began his early education at the Kumasi Roman Catholic School, and was sent to Achimota College by his uncle, Nana Kwabena Poku, who served as the omanhene of Offinso from 1921 to 1929.
The Ridge Church School is an independent and parochial co-educational preparatory day school in Accra, Ghana. [2] [3] Situated between the Gamel Abdul Nasser Avenue and Guinea Bissau Road and opposite the Efua Sutherland Children's Park, it was founded by the Accra Ridge Church in 1957, the year of Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom.
Number of public and private educational institutions in Ghana Category Number Primary schools 12,228 Junior high schools 6,418 Senior high schools 475 Polytechnics 10 Post-secondary teacher training 38 Universities 8 This is a list of notable schools in the African country of Ghana. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by ...
The Ridge School is a private, preparatory school for boys situated in Westcliff, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Situated in Johannesburg and established in 1919, The Ridge is a South African boys' preparatory school. The school grounds, some 19 acres, are located on Westcliff ridge, with views over Parktown and the surrounding suburbs.
John Collins (born 1944) is a UK-born guitarist, harmonica player and percussionist who first went to Ghana as a child in 1952 for a brief period and later became involved in the West African music scene after returning to Ghana in 1969. [2]
He is known to be the first Ghanaian to record highlife music in Ghana known as "Yaa Amponsah". In 1928, on Zonophone in London's Kingsway Hall EZ series, he recorded guitar-band highlife classic music with his melodic and finger-style guitar picking. He was accompanied by the Kumasi Trio, featuring guitarist H.E. Binney and percussionist Kwah ...
Hagan was born on 11 November 1923 at Saltpond in Central Region, Ghana (then Gold Coast). [3] He was educated at Mfantsipim School and Wesley College of Education, Kumasi. [3] [4] While at Wesley College, Hagan was one of the few students in the school to obtain colours for all the games played in the school, they included; football, athletics, cricket and hockey. [4]