Ga People - Notable Ga-Adangbe People

Notable Ga-Adangbe People

  • Mustapha Tettey Addy, traditional drummer & composer (b. 1942)
  • Obo Addy, traditional & contemporary drummer & composer; NEA National Heritage Fellow 1996 U.S.A. (b. 1936)
  • Yacub Addy, traditional drummer, composer & choreographer: NEA National Heritage Fellow 2010 U.S.A.; collaborates with Wynton Marsalis (b. 1931)
  • Ayi Kwei Armah, noted Ghanaian writer (b. 1939)
  • Kofi Ghanaba (born Warren Gamaliel Akwei; also known as Guy Warren), trap drummer, composer, creator of Afro-Jazz, worked with Thelonious Monk, Lester Young and Charlie Parker (b. 1923)
  • Robert Kotei, Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, 5 July 1978–1979 (b. 1935)
  • E. T. Mensah, musician (b. 1919)
  • Azumah "The Professor" Nelson, Boxer (b. 1958)
  • Neville Alexander Odartey-Wellington, Army Commander (b. )
  • Nii Amaa Ollennu, former Interim President of Ghana (b. 1906)
  • Ike "Bazooka" Quartey, boxer (b. 1969)
  • Ben Tackie, boxer (b. 1973)
  • Honourable Justice Daniel Francis Annan, First Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana in the Fourth Republic. (b. 1928)
  • Paa Joe, coffin-artist


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