Nana Acheampong
Nana Acheampong | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ernest Acheamponng |
| Also known as | Champion Lover boy |
| Born | Abuakwa Ashanti (Ashanti Region) |
| Genres | Highlife |
Ernest 'Owoahene' Nana Acheampong, popularly known as Nana Acheampong, is a Ghanaian Highlife musician. He is also the other half of the famous Lumba brothers who popularized Burger-highlife in Ghana (the other is Charles Kojo Fosu, also known as Daddy Lumba).[citation needed]
Nana Acheampong is also known as the Champion Lover boy. The Abuakwa native and Kumasi Technical Institute graduate has a musical career spanning almost 15 years.[1][2][3][4]
In middle school, he led his school band. He left for Germany in the 1980s and played with the Talking Drum band. He formed his band in 1987 before he hooked up with Daddy Lumba.
He owns the Owoahene Studio, in Suame Kumasi, where he has done his latest recordings with himself as Executive Producer for Owoahene Music.
Some of his songs include Abu aka mesim, Casanova, Kata w'ani te, Deobrenodi, Nipa, Se eye wode, Obibini mu obibini, Ever ready, Odo yarea, Meko odo nkyen, I go die 4 u, Mansusu saa, Ako me square, Brebre Obaahemaa, Wo wone hwan,
He was born in Abuakwa Ashanti in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[5][6] Ernest attended the Kumasi Technical Institute.
References
- ^ "Nana Acheampong, Highlife Artist". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ "Nana Acheampong invites Nana Addo to Mega Concert". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ "Highlife legend Nana Acheampong calls on Nana Akufo-Addo". tv3network.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ "Accra - Burger Highlife Musicians - Goethe-Institut". www.goethe.de. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
- ^ "Nana Acheampong | Photos | Ghana Profiles". people.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
- ^ "Nana Acheampong Biography". Retrieved 2015-05-30.