Who is Ghana’s Janet jackson? in skill and in looks? Even a child on the streets at Adum, Kumasi, will tell you its Akosua Agyepong.
Akosua Agyepong was born in Accra. She is a half Ashanti and half Akyem. She started her education at Harrow International School and later attended Holy Child Secondary in Cape Coast.
Akosua started composing songs as a child indicating that, music was an inborn passion for her. She was subsequently discovered by legendary Nana Kwame Ampadu and subsequently came out with her first album ‘Frema’ which was released on January 1, 1990. The ‘Frema’ album had songs like ‘Me ye Obaa’, ‘Born again’, ‘Anan tuo’, ‘San be hwe wo mba’ among others.
Her second album was entitled ‘Esiwa’ had the hit song like ‘Kokokoo’. Her third was with music group NAKOREX which was made up of herself, Nat Brew and Rex Omar. She later turned into doing gospel music.
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Akosua is married to Rev Daniel Asamoah-Larbi. She is a mother of six (can’t believe that!), . She also an entrepreneur and owns a restaurant, ‘Ye Kum Kom’ at Rawlings Park in Accra Central.
