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Hip life artist, Obour known in real life as Bice Osei Kuffour has been elected new President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA).
As the youngest in the race for the MUSIGA presidency, the 2004 Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year winner beat veteran musicians Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Nana Tuffour and Willie Roy to make history as the youngest MUSIGA president ever.
Obour, who was elected at the 5th quadrennial Congress held at Tamale, polled 64 votes as against 51 votes by Nana Tuffour. Veteran musician Gyedu Blay Ambolley polled 24 while Willie Roy was awarded with 2 votes. Total votes cast was 139.
In other results, Chizzy Wailer was elected the National Organizer, whiles Deborah Freeman was elected General Secretary.
Kaakyire Kwame Appiah beat incumbent Nat Brew to win the first Vice President. Bessa Simon is the new second Vice President.
The 3-Day Congress began on August 16 and ended on August 18 at the Radach Memorial Center in Tamale.
Obour, who started showing his interest and readiness in becoming the next president of MUSIGA to change the plight of musicians in the country and also to continue from where current president Diana Hopeson has seen his dream become a reality.
Obour picked the motto �AJUMAPA� to wit Goodwork, an acronym for: Administration, Jobs, Unity, Music business, Ageing, Policies and Achievements.
He was born at �Braha Bebu Me� (Dekyemenso) in the Ashanti Region on November 7, 1981 to Christiana Addo and reverend B.O Kuffour. Of his seven sibblings, all his sisters and even his mother sung in the church
At six, he played most of the drums especially the Atumpan in the Juaso-Ashanti Akyem chief�s palace where his father used to preside over before accepting Christ. According to him, that inspired him a lot, lyrically.
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Right from his basic education days at the State Experimental School (Kumasi) through to the Soul Clinic School (Accra), Garrisson Junior Secondary School (Burma Camp) and Mfantsipim School, Obour never joked with his studies.
As the first hip-life artist to reach his level at university, smart-headed Obour combine his tertiary education with music very effectively. Several situations tempted him to choose between education and music. �But nothing detered me since I knew I was doing execellently well at both. I just schedule my time properly�.
Moreover, any time he had to subtitute a few lectures for major concert or international shows, he always made special arrangement with TAs (Teaching Assistants) to help him catch up.
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Just after his secondary school, Obour solicited help from his London-based cousin, J. Amano. important person in his music career, hooked him up to his personal Soul Records label.
�Atentenben� won three awards for Soul Records at the Ghana Music Awards in 2002; including Video of the year. That contributed to Soul Records winning the Record Label of the Year. Same video won the Best at Our Music Awards (OMA) in 2002.
His second album was fueled by the track �Nana Obour�, which was earlier on featured on Soul Records� �Adakamo� compilation album. The album was titled �Dondo� and featured such classic tunes as �Mesoodae� and �Palm Wine�. �Nana Obour� won the Best Video at both Ghana Music Awards and Ghana Music Awards UK in 2003.
Congratulations to Obuor.
Source: Eugene Osafo-Nkansah/Beatrice Adepa Frempong/Peacefmonline.com
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