A. B. Crentsil
A. B. Crentsil | |
|---|---|
| Awo bere | Alfred Benjamin Crentsil Jr
1943 Prestea, Gold Coast |
| Owu bere | 13 July 2022 (aged 78) |
Wɔatwerɛ nsɛm wei wɔ Asante Twi mu
Alfred Benjamin Crentsil a wɔwoo no wɔ afe (1943 -13 July 2022) yɛ Ghana nnwontoni. Na ɔyɛ nnwontoni a ɔka kuo bi a wɔfrɛ no "big three"[1]. Crentsil nyaa Fontomfrɔm Evergreen Award, abasobodeɛ a wɔde maa wɔ nnwom ho nimdeɛ mfe 15 - 20[2].Ɔwuiɛ wɔ Kitawonsa bosome da a ɛtɔ so 13 wɔ afe 2022 mu[3][4].
Abusua abrabɔ
[sesa]Crentsil ne ne yere Elizabeth woo mma nwɔtwe[5]
Ne ho asɛm
[sesa]Wɔwoo Alfred Benjamin Crentsil Jr wɔ Prestea, Gold Coast (seesei Ghana), Alfred Benjamin Crentsil Sr ne Esi Yaaba wɔ afe 1943. Wɔfrɛɛ no AB junior kosii sɛ ne papa wui wɔ afe 1984 mu, bere a ɔfaa A. B. Wɔfrɛ no Crentsil. Ɔkɔɔ mfitiase ne ntoaso sukuu wɔ Takoradi Methodist Primary ne Rev Cleveland Middle School. Berɛ a ɔwieeɛ ntoasoɔ sukuu mu sɔhwɛ no, AB yɛɛ adwuma sɛ obi a ɔsua anyinam ahoɔden wɔ ne papa a na ɔyɛ adwuma so hwɛfo wɔ Ghana Railways adwuma no mu wɔ Takoradi no ase.
Bere a na ɔwɔ ntoaso sukuu no, Crentsil suaa sɛnea wɔbɔ guitar, na ɔtee guitar no yiye, na ɔtoo dwom bere a na ɔrebɔ no. Ná ɔreyɛ adwuma sɛ anyinam ahoɔden adwumayɛfo, na bere koro no ara na ɔne Strollers Band redi agoru. Crentsil ne El Dorados, the Sweet Talks ⁇ a wɔn a wɔdii akyire no wɔ 1970 mfe no mu, a na Crentsil ne Smart Nkansah di wɔn anim, na wɔn na na wɔyɛ The Talk Of The Town Hotel a ɛwɔ Tema, a na Crentsil yɛ wɔn a wɔto nnwom no mu baako[6][7] na afei Ahenfo Band.
Crentsil buee adesuabea a wɔto nnwom wɔ hɔ wɔ 1990 mu[6]. "Devil" yɛ ne nnwom a wɔnim no yie no mu baako[8].
Beaeɛ a menyaa mmoa firiiɛ
[sesa]- ↑ Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo (1999), World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East (in English), Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1-85828-635-8, retrieved 2026-06-16
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "AB Crentsil to 'kill a fowl' over Lifetime Achievement Award", GhanaWeb (in American English), 2016-05-09, retrieved 2026-06-16
- ↑ "Highlife legend AB Crentsil is dead", GhanaWeb (in American English), 2022-07-13, retrieved 2026-06-16
- ↑ "BREAKING: Highlife legend AB Crentsil reported dead", Pulse Ghana (in English), 2022-07-13, archived from the original on 2022-07-13, retrieved 2026-06-16
- ↑ "Highlife legend AB Crentsil is dead", GhanaWeb (in American English), 2022-07-13, retrieved 2026-06-16
- 1 2 A.B. Crentsil, Songs, Albums, Discography & Reviews (in English), retrieved 2026-06-16
- ↑ CLEAR SPOT (in English), retrieved 2026-06-16
- ↑ Mensah Adinkrah (2015-08-01), Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana (in English), Berghahn Books, ISBN 978-1-78238-561-5, retrieved 2026-06-16