A commemorative cloth of Nii Amugi II in the British Museum, London, UK.
Nii Amugi II is the official title of Simon Nii Yarboi Yartey (8 June 1940 – 10 December 2004[1]), who was the GaMantse in Ga for 39 years.[2]
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 NDCPresidential candidate for the 2008 general elections, Mr. Edward Doe Adjaho, Deputy Minority leader and Dr. Mary Grant.
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