Officer under Shirley Du Bois. Eventually, he was appointed Director of GBC. One of the things that he developed for GBC TV News (now GTV News) was the rotating globe that was used for years until computer graphics took over. He also introduced puppet shows on GBC TV. Some of the puppet shows were based on the popular traditional concert party theatre format. Music and literary work Casely-Hayford was an active member of the Ghana Writers Guild and did a lot of work with the renowned poet and writer Atukwei Okai. He was also a jazz pianist. His father, Archie, was a pianist and a composer and his mother, Essie, also played piano and loved to sing and perform. The traditional guitarist Koo Nimo had a lasting relationship with Casely-Hayford and shared many recording hours in later years. Casely-Hayford gave several lectures on Ghana's highlife music; collaborated with the University of Ghana Music Professor John Collins; and served as a founding patron of Bokoor African Popular Music Archives Foundation, an NGO that Prof. John Collins established in 1990 soon after Casely-Hayford's death in 1989. Engineering work Casely-Hayford's true passion lay in manufacturing and engineering. Everywhere he lived with his family, he kept his cars outside the garage because he used the garage as an engineering workshop. He involved his five sons in his engineering work and projects. Alternative energy Casely-Hayford believed that the solution to Ghana's persistent energy problems lay in alternative energy. The last project he undertook before he died in 1989 was the installation of alternative energy windmills at Weija, in the western part of the Greater Accra Region. Beattie Casely-Hayford's son, Pinnock Casely-Hayford, an engineer who worked closely with him, has continued his work in the alternative energy sector, through his company "Breeze and Windy". Social work From 1986 to 1989, Beattie Casely-Hayford worked with his son Pinnock Casely-Hayford to film the first HIV/AIDS patient at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital's Fevers Ward that was operated by Dr. Neequaye. Later Casely-Hayford collaborated with Professor Kwashi Quartey and Dr. Cecilia Bentsi as they visited and treated many AIDS victims. They travelled as far as Somanya and documented their visits on video. Final years Casely-Hayford was a member of the Baháʼí Faith from 1973. In 1986, he led a Baháʼí delegation to deliver a Peace message to the Ghana Government led by the then Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings. Beattie Casely-Hayford