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President John Dramani Mahama has urged a celebration of highlife music legend Agya Koo Nimo while he is still living, emphasizing that the genre’s iconic figures should be recognised before they pass away.
Addressing the launch of the Blackstar Experience at Blackstar Square in Accra on Thursday, May 1, 2025, the President shared his wish to have Agya Koo Nimo, a leading personality in the palmwine music genre, recognised once more.
“I asked if the King of Palmwine music was still alive—Agya Koo Nimo, and I hear he is alive.
This is a man we must honour before he passes. Because that was a genre of music that has become a part of our musical archive and our folklore. For people like this, we should not wait till they die and we go and cry at their funerals,” President Mahama remarked.
He subsequently instructed the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, to arrange a special event to honour Agya Koo Nimo.
“So wherever Agya Koo Nimo is, Dzifa, you and your team should organise some ceremony, let’s honour him. I know he has been honoured in the past. Let’s honour him again before God calls him,” the President urged.
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