The family and management of legendary highlife musician Daddy Lumba have announced a last-minute change to the venue for his one-week observance. The event, still scheduled for Saturday, August 30, 2025, has been relocated to Black Star Square (Independence Square) in Accra, where a candlelight vigil held in his honour also took place weeks ago. […]
Exciting yet an enigmatic personality, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, affectionately called Daddy Lumba, certainly cannot be ignored, even for many years to come. Though dead, his songs echo through the Ghanaian space, establishing him as one of Ghana’s most loved and even controversial sons. This great lyricist made his personal life struggles, love themes and realities […]
After yearly rumours about his passing, death finally won. Indeed, Ghanaian highlife legend, Daddy Lumba, bade farewell to his fans in “Makra Mo” (Goodbye), a poignant and prophetic song released three decades ago. The song, featured on his sixth album “Biribi Gyegye Wo” in 1993, was a soulful expression of mortality, where Charles Kwadwo Fosu, […]
A national candlelight vigil in honour of the late highlife legend, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba is going to be held under the auspices of the Creative Arts Agency at the Independence Square in Accra on Saturday, August 2, 2025, starting at 6 p.m. As part of the arrangements to honour Daddy […]
Ladies and gentlemen, fellow citizens of heartbreak, permit me to unbutton my black caftan of composure and mourn in key F sharp. Charles Kwadwo Fosu, better known as Daddy Lumba—our national emotional thermostat, cultural oracle, and spiritual gym instructor—has played his final note and exited the stage of life with all the swagger of Aben Wo […]
Daddy Lumba (born Charles Kwadwo Fosuh on September 29, 1964) is a legendary Ghanaian singer-songwriter and musician, widely regarded as the greatest Ghanaian musician of all time. Over the course of his prolific career, he has released 33 albums, including critically acclaimed works such as Aben Wɔha, Awosuɔ, Obi Ate Me So Buɔ, Sika Asɛm, […]
Ghana has lost one of its most cherished musical icons, Charles Kwadwo Fosu, popularly known as Daddy Lumba. He died in the early hours of Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the Bank Hospital in Accra, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness. Sources close to the family confirmed that the highlife maestro […]
Ghana’s music industry has lost one of its brightest stars. Charles Kwadwo Fosu, affectionately known as Daddy Lumba, passed away at dawn on Saturday at Bank Hospital in Accra after a short illness. He was 60. With over 30 albums to his name and a legacy that reshaped highlife music, Daddy Lumba’s influence is eternal. […]
Ghanaian Highlife legend, Daddy Lumba, says he was confined to bed for over five years. This predicament, he noted, taught him a valuable lesson in life. The singer in the latest interview on his birthday, September 29, opened up about his life, adding that, he is willing to interact more with his fans now. On […]
Veteran highlife musician Ernest Owoahene Nana Acheampong popularly known as Nana Acheampong or Champion Lover Boy has detailed how he came into contact with his ‘brother’ Daddy Lumba. According to Nana Acheampong, he met Daddy Lumba when he first travelled to Germany in 1989 and after they both found they had a similar interest in […]
