Highlife Legend: Akufo-Addo, Asiedu Nketia attend Paapa Yankson's funeral

President Nana AKufo-Addo and General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were among the dignitaries who graced the funeral of the late musician at the forecourt of the State House.

Highlife legend Benjamin Akono Kofi Yankson, popularly known as Paapa Yankson, has been remembered at a state funeral by scores of Ghanaians Saturday.

 

President Nana AKufo-Addo and General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were among the dignitaries who graced the funeral of the late musician at the forecourt of the State House.

Other known faces at the funeral include Catherine Afeku, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture; Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) president, Bice Osei Kuffour (Obour); past President Sidiku Buari and Ahuma Bosco Ocansey (Daddy Bosco), an administrator at MUSIGA.

 

The late Paapa Yankson passed on July 21, 2017, after an electrifying and last public performance on "Bottles and Bands" staged in November last year.

Till his death, he has to his credit over 15 albums: including hit songs like “Show Your Love”, “Okukuseku”, “Tena Men Kyen”.

President Nana AKufo-Addo and General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) were among the dignitaries who graced the funeral of the late musician at the forecourt of the State House. Read Full Story