Adu Ababio II.

Nana Adu Ababio II.

Nana Adu Ababio II. (* December 23, 1931 - April 30, 2007 ) was real name Eric Kwaku Kwarte Quartey . He was one of the traditional chiefs in Amanokrom , a place in the area of ​​the former Kingdom of Akwapim in the southeast of present-day Ghana . At the time of his death, he held the office of Ankobeahene of the Gyasi Traditional Area , an area that extends in the southwestern foothills of the Akwapim-Togo chain in the Eastern Region of Ghana and north of Accra .

Childhood and youth

Nana Adu Ababio II was born on December 23, 1931 as Eric Kwaku Kwarte Quartey, the son of Comfort Akosua Manko Asare from Amanokrom and Clement Asare Quertey from Mampong (Akuapim). He was the first of 13 children his mother gave birth to.

Eric Kwaku Kwarte Quartey received his primary education at the Methodist Boys School in Adabraka and the Kimbu Methodist Boys School in Accra. He then continued his education at the Odorgonor Secondary School , which he successfully completed in 1953.

Like his parents, Eric Kwaku Kwarte Quartey was a member of the Methodist Church and was later also a chorister in the Earnest Bruce Methodist Church in Accra.

In his youth, Eric Kwaku Kwarte was an avid footballer and his team even won the Coronation Cup in Amanokrom in 1953.

Professional background

Eric Kwame Kwarte Quartey started his professional activity in 1954 in the office of the then management of the Kingsway Stores , responsible for the Gold Coast , which belonged to the British United African Company . In doing so, he left a sufficiently positive impression on his superiors that he was appointed sales manager and was employed as such in the Kingsway branches in Cape Coast, Tema, Burma Camp, Kotobabi and Kaneshie.

In 1976 he began to work for the Ghana Textiles Manufacturing Company in Tema, which also employed him as sales manager. From here he moved to the Ghana Merchant Company and from here to the Adukrom Battery Factory before he decided to finally settle in his old hometown of Amanokrom.

family

Nana Adu Ababio II was married to Gladys Akwaaboa Adu, whom he met in 1955 during the Odwira Festival. In 1958 the official wedding took place in the Presbyterian Church in Amanokrom. The marriage resulted in five children (four girls and one boy).

Traditional offices

During his lifetime Nana Adu Ababio II was a member of the Asuketewaa Mma Fekuo , a unit of the city of Accra within the traditional Asafo system in Ghana. In today's Asafo system in Ghana one could see a kind of civil defense that goes back to historical army structures.

On July 26th, 1997 he was appointed by the Asanase Oyoko Clan as the new Ankobeahene of the Gyasi Traditional Area .

The office of Ankoebahene existed in earlier times in numerous Akan states, including Akim and Asante, especially in Asante since the Kwadwo'schen administrative reform. The Akimic variant was the head of the royal bodyguard, who was also responsible for the safety of the palace. In the case of Asante, the powers went further, here it was the chief of the secret police and the foreign intelligence service. The main task of the Ashantine Ankobea was to maintain inner peace in Asante and to ensure royal authority.

However, today's tasks of an ancillary person are no longer characterized by such extensive competence. As Ankobeahene, Nana Adu Ababio II was a close advisor to the Asanase Oyoko clan and stood behind the Gyasehene on all important occasions in the course of his office. In Amanokrom he organized public works as an anchor and was considered a person for the local population, from whom one could get advice at any time.

Demise

Nana Adu Ababio II died on April 30, 2007 after a serious illness. He left his wife as a widow, along with 5 children and 13 grandchildren.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Nana means father, grandfather or similar in most languages ​​of Ghana . and is mostly also a title that marks the head of a family clan.
2. ↑ Amanocrom at 5 ° 56 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  W.
3. ↑ An Akwapim branch of the Ashantine Oyoko clan, d. H. that family, which also traditionally provides the Asantehene (King of Asante).
4. ↑ Osei Kwadwo (also Kudscho, Kojo, etc.) ruled 1764–1777. Both Akim and Asante were once occupiers in the Akwapim areas.

swell

• Malcolm Quartey, grandson of Adu Ababio II, personal communications