Ephraim Amu
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Ephraim Kɔku Amu (13 Ebɔ, 1899 - 1995)
Wɔwwoo Ephraim Amu wɔ Ebɔ 13 1899 wɔ Peki-Avetile. Na n'agya ye traditional ɔkyerema kosi mmere a ɔdanee Kristoni. Na Ephraim Amu fi wɔ ne mmofrase ye baabi a nnwomto abu. Eyi nti, na nnwom ne eho nkyerekyeremu da n'akoma so bere a ɔkɔɔ sukuu wɔ Peki. Ekee akyerekyerefo sukuu esan nso kɔɔ Presbyterian Seminary wɔ Peki a ehɔ na osuaa senea wɔbɔ hamoniɔm efi Ɔkyerekyerefo Theodore Ntem hɔ.
Afe nsia fi 1920 hɔ no, Ephraim Amu kyeree sukuufo ade wɔ Peki-Blengo Middle School. Saa mmere yi no, ɔkyerew nnwom maa sukuufo a ɔkyere wɔn. Mmere a onni adwuma no, ɔyee nnwom ho adesua fii Reverend J. E. Allotey-Pappoe nhoma a ɔkyerewee mu.
Afe 1926 mu no, na Ephraim Amu ye Ɔkyerekyerefo wɔ Presbyterian Training College wɔ Akropong. Saa mmere yi, na ɔkyerewee ne nwom pii a enne yedekae no. Na ɔdaso te Akropong na ɔgyee din se Ghanaman nnwomkyerewfo a odi kan.
Esan se na Ephraim Amu pe se ɔbetene ne nyansa wɔ Europe nnwom mu no, osuaa amanɔne nnwom tebea wɔ Royal College of Music a ewɔ London bere a na ɔkyere sukuufo wɔ Achimota School. Wɔ danee ne nnwom sukuu kyeree Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), a sae mmere no wɔfre no College of Science and Technology.
Mmere a ɔwɔ Kumasi no, Ephraim Amu de ne ho bɔɔ Asanteman Abakɔsem fie a yefre no Ashanti Cultural Centre. Osuaa sanea wɔbɔ Seperewa, esan nyaa kwan se ɔbetenee ne nimdee wɔ other court music and instruments te se odurugya.
Asuae a ehwe adesua so esan sesaa Ephraim Amu Music School ekɔɔ Winneba. Eyi ekyi no, Ephraim Amu kɔɔ so yee abakɔnnwom ho nhwehwemu wɔ KNUST afe abien. Rockefeller Foundation ne kuro a wɔmaa no sika ne ahoboae a ɔde yee adwuma yi. Afei, University of Ghana nso tow nsa free no se ɔnkyere ade wɔ Institute of African Studies a ewɔ sukuupɔn no School of Music.
Ephraim Amu nnwomkyerew besii gyinabea abien a wɔye Abibinnwom ne Amanɔne nnwom na mmom ɔpenee se ɔbekyerew Ghana Akan kasa ne Ayigbekasa. N'adwen a okura mu no se eye se obiara besua nnwom ewɔ kasa a yekyerewee nnwom no mu.
Nnwomtow ne akyerekyerew nkutoo annye Ephraim Amu afamdee. Na ɔye obi a ɔdɔ ebibiman ne eho amanmre. Ne bibini bɔbea maa no anyigye pii na ɔyee nea obetumi nyina ara se ɔbehwe ama abibiman ne abibimamre atumpɔn paa ara. Eyi nti ɔpenee se ɔbebɔ atenteben ber a na amanɔne flute wɔ hɔ.
Bere a Ephraim Amu ye asɔrepanyin wɔ Presby asɔre mu no, ɔkɔɔso ara de n'abibiman nnimdee yee adwuma esan se aborɔfo a na wɔnso wɔwɔ asɔre hɔ no, kɔɔso yee nea wɔn amamre kyere. Eyi nti asɔre mpanyimfo no yii no di a wogyaa no asɔrepanyin. Ofi Presby asɔre hɔ kɔɔ Achimota School a saa bere no wɔfreno Achimota College.
Ephraim Amu kyerewee ne nnwom dodoo no wɔ Akan kasa mu. Eyi fi se ɔtenaa Akan man mu mpen pii wɔ n'abrabɔ mu. Ɔsan kyerewee nnwom a aka no wɔ Ayigbe kasa a eye kasa a wɔde tetew no.
Ne nnwom a edikan no, wɔ pɔblehyee wɔ afe 1933 mu ewɔ UK a adwumakuw a wɔhwee so ye Sheldon Press. Sukuufo a ɔkyeree wɔn wɔ Kumasi ne Presbyterian Training College na wɔtenee Ephraim Amu adekyere mu wɔ Ghana. Ankye biara na wiase afanan nyinaa gyee Ephraim Amu too mu se odikanni wɔ Abibiman nnwom ne eho nkyerekyeremu.
Nnwom kyerewfo a wodii Ephraim Amu ekyi suaa n'adekyere na wɔkyeree nnwom a edii Abibiman amamre ho adanse. Nnipa pii nso gyee abibinnwom too mu wɔ asɔre nhyehyee mu. Ne nnwom no nkyerewee no bi nso beboaa Ghanaman bere a ɔhee ase kɔɔ fahodie ho.
Ghana Aban, University of Ghana, Arts Council of Ghana ne International Music Council, UNESCO ye kuw ahorow a wɔbɔɔ Ephraim Amu aba so wɔ adwuma a ɔye de boaa Ghana ne Abibiman nyinaa nnwomto. Afe biara no, Arts Council ye afahye a wɔfre no Amu Choral Festival de kae Dr Ephraim Amu.
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