Entertainment of Tuesday, 20 March 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comLegendary highlife musician C. K Mann deadplay videoCharles Kofi Amankwaa Mann, known as C. K. MannPopular highlife musician Charles Kofi Amankwaa Mann known as C. K. Mann has died. CK Mann was one of the iconic figures of High-life music best remembered for the song, ‘Adwoa Yankey,’ ‘Mber Papa,’ ‘Medo Wo,’ ‘Araba Lucy,’ ‘Wode a Ne Me,’ among others. About CK MannBorn in 1936 in Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana, CK Mann worked briefly as a seaman before joining Moses Kweku Oppong's Kakaiku band. After familiarizing himself with the Ghanaian music scene, he joined Ocean Strings and led the band until 1965. C. K. Mann added Western musical instruments to Osode, the traditional music of Ghanaian fishermen rhythms.

Source: GhanaWeb March 20, 2018 13:11 UTC