President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, has directed the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, to hold a ceremony to honour legendary highlife musician Agya Koo Nimo.
Mahama made this admonition during the launch of the Blackstar Experience on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at the Blackstar Square in Accra.
While appreciating the Legon Palmwine Band for their performance on the night, he also paid tribute to Agya Koo Nimo, one of the early proponents of palmwine music.
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“We watched the palmwine music, and 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,” he said.
The President, therefore, proposed that a ceremony be held to celebrate the music legend.
“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,” he said.
Agya Koo Nimo has received numerous awards and recognitions in the past.
In 2007, he received the Order of the Volta Award from President John Agyekum Kufuor, acknowledging his outstanding contributions to Ghanaian music heritage.
He has also received honours including the Asanteman Award from the Asantehene, the Konkoma Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Entertainment Achievement Awards, among a litany of others.
Source: Myjoyonline
