Saturday, 27 October 2007
After years apart, the once-upon-a-time "highlife twins", Daddy Lumba and Nana Acheampong, are on the threshold of being born-again, as twins, a reunion that is set to take high-life music to another level. The two, formerly "The Lumba Brothers" have agreed to host a mega musical concert on December 26, at the Trade Fair Centre in Accra, to raise funds in support of the Ghana Black Stars to enable them lift the African Cup of Nations Cup next year.
Billed to perform at the function are Nana Quame, Obrafuor, Mzbel, Daasebre Dwamena, Owuraku Mickey and Wulomei among others.
The Lumba Brothers after the Accra show would embark on other concerts outside the country to raise funds to support Ghana in the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Daddy Lumba, born Charles Kwadwo Fosu, based in Cologne, Gemany, is currently in the country preparing for the concert and other programmes.
In the early 1980s, he debuted on the high-life scene with his hit "Yeya Aka Akwantuo Mu" with Nana Acheampong. Today, he is one of the most popular Ghanaian singers of high-life.
In 1999, he won three awards including best album and the most popular song of the year at the prestigious Ghana Music Awards.
Daddy Lumba to date has 22 albums to his credit all of which he wrote and produced. He is set to come out with his twenty-third album, "in December 2007. Nana Acheampong tore through the charts in 2000 with his "Anka beye den na aye wo ya"
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