Updates: Daddy Lumba’s funeral

Ernest Nana Acheampong, a close friend of Daddy Lumba, performs their famous hit song ‘Yeeye aka akwantuom’ which they jointly composed, as a farewell tribute to his late friend.


Kumasi, Dec 13, GNA – Mourners file past the body of Charles Kwadwo Fosu, also known as Daddy Lumba, the late highlife musician as he lies in state at Heroes Park, Kumasi.

Hundreds of people have lined up to pay their last respects to the music icon who is being laid to rest today after months of litigation among some of his family members over his burial rites.

The atmosphere is charged at the Heroes Park as more people continue to troop to the funeral grounds to bid farewell to their icon.


Mourners dance joyfully to some of Lumba’s hit songs as they celebrate his life

More soon.

GNA