George Darko
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George Darko is a Ghana
ian highlife
musician, who introduced the Burger-highlife
with his first hit "Ako ti brofo" (Even Parrots speak English), which was very popular in the early 1980s.
Son of a paramount chief
, he was educated at the Presbyterian School at Akropong. After playing for an army band entertaining troops in the Middle East, Darko returned to Ghana and formed the Golden Stool Band. In the late 1970s the band moved to Germany
, where Darko he went solo and formed the Bus Stop band in 1982. Returning to Akropong in 1988, he was made Tufuhene
of Akropong-Akuapim in 1991 with the stool (throne) name of Nana Yaw Ampem Darko. In January 2010 he demanded and received apologies from a newspaper which had reported sex allegations in connection with him.
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
ian highlife
Highlife
Highlife is a musical genre that originated in Ghana in the 1900s and spread to Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other West African countries by 1920...
musician, who introduced the Burger-highlife
Burger-highlife
Burger-Highlife is a distinctive form of highlife music created by Ghanaian immigrants to Germany. It is considered a German musical style.In the 1980s, Reggae music was gaining popularity worldwide and was carrying with it a growing popularity for other forms of world music that were easy to dance...
with his first hit "Ako ti brofo" (Even Parrots speak English), which was very popular in the early 1980s.
Son of a paramount chief
Paramount chief
A paramount chief is the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a regional or local polity or country typically administered politically with a chief-based system. This definition is used occasionally in anthropological and archaeological theory to refer to the rulers of multiple...
, he was educated at the Presbyterian School at Akropong. After playing for an army band entertaining troops in the Middle East, Darko returned to Ghana and formed the Golden Stool Band. In the late 1970s the band moved to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, where Darko he went solo and formed the Bus Stop band in 1982. Returning to Akropong in 1988, he was made Tufuhene
Paramount chief
A paramount chief is the highest-level traditional chief or political leader in a regional or local polity or country typically administered politically with a chief-based system. This definition is used occasionally in anthropological and archaeological theory to refer to the rulers of multiple...
of Akropong-Akuapim in 1991 with the stool (throne) name of Nana Yaw Ampem Darko. In January 2010 he demanded and received apologies from a newspaper which had reported sex allegations in connection with him.