The funeral of late dancehall artiste,
Ebony, born Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, took place at the forecourt of the State
House in Accra.
Some of the known personalities at the
event included Catherine Afeku, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture; Bice
Osei Kuffour (Obour), President of Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA); Dr
Lawrence Tetteh of UK-based World Miracle Outreach; Wanlov, Countryman Songo
and Rev Thomas Yawson.
Sammy Awuku of the Youth Employment
Agency, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, Nicholas Omane Acheampong and Rex Omar were
also at the funeral.
She was a nonconformist who took the
music industry by storm with hit songs after hit songs.
Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, aka Ebony, was loved and severely bashed at the same time owing to
her provocative dressing.
But her death, through an accident,
which was widely prophesied, shocked the nation.
She had gone to visit her mom in the
Brong Ahafo Region when she had a motor accident. She died along with two of
her Friends, Franky Kuri and a military officer Lance Corporal Francis
Atsu Vondee.
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