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Burial and Memorial Service of the late Obeapanyin Beatrice Gyamea Nyanteh<br />

“…this day is sacred<br />

to the Lord.<br />

Do not grieve, for<br />

the joy of the Lord<br />

is your strength”<br />

(Nehemiah 8 vs 10)<br />

The late Beatrice Akua<br />

Gyamea Nyanteh,<br />

affectionately called<br />

Mama, was born on<br />

Wednesday, 30th April,<br />

1930, at Tinkong, near<br />

Suhum in the Eastern<br />

Region of Ghana. Her<br />

parents were Edward Kwesi Nyanteh<br />

and Obeapanyin Akua Amponsah, both of<br />

blessed memory. She was the first born<br />

of two children. Her younger brother<br />

was the late celebrated highlife icon,<br />

Senior Eddie Donkor.<br />

She lived in Koforidua most of her<br />

childhood and then moved to Accra as a<br />

young adult working as a trader. She later<br />

met and married Emmanuel Kwadwo<br />

• Mama was always present at family events<br />

BIOGRAPHY<br />

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