Nii Amugi II

Nii Amugi II is the official title of Simon Nii Yarboi Yartey (8 June 1940 – 10 December 2004 [1]), who was the Ga Mantse in Ga for 39 years.[2]

A commemorative cloth of Nii Amugi II in the British Museum, London, UK.

Biography

Amugi was the sixth child of his father Samuel Nii Ofoli Yartey and the second of mother, Elizabeth Naa Afi Torgbor of Amugi We and Sakumo Tsoshishi respectively.[2] As a student in 1946, he attended Methodist primary school at Kojokrom in the Western Region of Ghana, continuing at Nsawam ECM. He had 8 children, with wife Josephine Yartey.

Death

Nii Amugi II died after a long struggle with ill health. His funeral was attended by former president of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, as well as Professor John Atta-Mills, the NDC Presidential candidate for the 2008 general elections, Mr. Edward Doe Adjaho, Deputy Minority leader and Dr. Mary Grant.

References
  1. Veep leads Government delegation to Ga Mantse funeral, Ghana.wordpress.com, Retrieved 20-Feb-2007
  2. A short biography of Nii Amugi II, Ga Mantse Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, TheStatesManOnline.com, Retrieved 19-Feb-2007
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