Awurama Badu

Awurama Badu
Born1945
Banko,Sekyere-East District,Ashanti Region.
DiedOctober 26, 2017.
Effiduase Government Hospital,Sekyere-East District,Ashanti Region
OccupationMusician

Awurama Badu (Ewurama Badu) was a Ghanaian highlife musician born in 1945 and from Banko in the Sekyere Kumawu District of the Ashanti Region.[1] Popularly known for her stage performance and hit songs, she was a gifted and talented Highlife musician who had a breakthrough when the music industry was largely dominated by males with few females to fight for a place in the industry, according to "Bessa Simons" (Highlife musician).[2] Awurama has four children—two sons and two daughters.[3]

  1. ^ Tornyi, Emmanuel. "Veteran Musician: My mother deserves State burial - Awurama Badu's son pleads". Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  2. ^ Online, Peace FM. "Awurama Badu's Family Devastated By Her Death". Retrieved 2017-11-02.
  3. ^ Larbi-Amoah, Lawrencia. "Awurama Badu Deserves State Burial – Son". Ghafla! Ghana. Retrieved 2017-11-02.