General News of Monday, 9 March 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comEphraim Amu is widely acclaimed as Ghana’s greatest proponent of the religious choral music (singing band) and nationalistic anthems. In 1933 he published his book, 25 African Songs (Sheldon Press). In 1927 he joined the staff of the Akropong Presbyterian Training College and his endeavor to “Africanize” the Church (by wearing traditional cloth on the pulpit) led to his dismissal from the Teachers Training College in 1932. At Legon he was a member of the African Music Society that promoted both traditional music and that of the guitar highlife bands of E K Nyame and Kwabena Onyina. From 1962 Amu became a Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies at Legon and made many field trips, recording traditional music on reel-to-reel tape.

Source: GhanaWeb March 09, 2026 15:52 UTC