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Nana Ansah Kwao IV, making outstanding change in his jurisdiction
Poised for making development and transformation as a double edged-sword in his capacity as a chief, his pledge to ensuring that the narrative of inequality was changed in order to ensure gender parity in rural settings is achieved through sound and innovative policies in his kingdom and the country at large.
Despite a challenging impediment on him as a dyslexic, a condition that made it uneasy to exhibit his writing prowess, Nana Ansah Kwao IV, Chief of Akwamu Adumasa has surmounted all hurdles to become a beacon of hope to his society.
His unquenchable quest to bring freedom, sanity and decorum among his subjects was worth the cause as a good leader which made his rule more successful and an accomplished one.
Securing an indelible mark on his throne, Nana Ansah Kwao IV is of the assertion that “we must be planting trees today for tomorrow’s children to harvest and enjoy its fruits”.
According to him, the above statement is to ensure that the current generation lives a life that would impact and make life more comfortable for the future generation.
The Spectator in an interview with Nana Ansah Kwao IV delved into his noble life and his persevering nature to make the society a safer haven for all.
Lineage
Hailing from a fortunate royal family called the Sintim Misa, Nana Ansah Kwao IV comes from a well educated family where his late grandfather, Rev. G.K. Sintim Misa was the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana for 12 good years.
He was born to Kwame Danso Misa, a royal from Abomusu, the Akyempim Hene of Kyebi in the days of Kuntumkunnumkum and Nana Esi Danso Misa who hails from Adumasa in the Eastern Region.
According to him, his line of inheritance is matrilineal so he is a native of Adumasa and a royal in the family.
Education
With a staunch educational family background, Nana Ansah Kwao IV was enrolled in various schools but struggled through his early stages due to his dyslexic condition.
“I changed schools because of my dyslexic nature, some of the schools I attended include Jack N Jill, St Martin de Porres, North Ridge School, Mpraeso Secondary School, Accra Academy among others,” he recounted.
Nana Ansah Kwao IV enrolled at the Methodist University College, Dansoman-Accra and bagged a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing.
Professional Achievements
Determined to be a change agent in his community, Nana Ansah Kwao IV had been practicing as a marketer both locally and internationally.
According to the astute chief, he gathered experiences from managing his father’s hotel and pharmacies after his O’ Level, where he learned customer satisfaction as a tool in marketing.
He later travelled to the United Kingdom (UK) where he worked with top notch shoe industries and popular automobile giants including Peugeot, Mercedes Benz and Audi by exhibiting sterling performances in the area of marketing.
“I really enjoyed life while working in the UK because it was an exposure to learning great things in the field of marketing,” he said.
Union of the stars
“In the year 2006, I started my radio show in the UK where the show ranked number two on the most listened to shows in the UK. When I came to Ghana and joined Rainbow radio, I met Oheneyere Gifty Anti who came there for a sponsorship and I realised she looked prettier than on TV. We linked up and dated in secret for three years until we tied the knot and we are blessed with a child,” he narrated.
Succession to the throne
His succession to the throne was a flexible and a peaceful one which made his transformation as a chief worth emulating.
Nana Ansah Kwao IV told The Spectator, the throne he occupied at Adumasa was vacant for 10 years, and the person to be enstooled was his mother’s bigger brother but he was too old to sit on the throne.
In an agreement, they wanted me to be the chief to make impact in the town through development and transformation.
“The first time I went to Adumasa was in October 2010, and by January 24, 2011, I was installed as the Chief of Adumasa,” he recalled.
According to the change agent, there were times natives of Adumasa did not want to associate themselves with Adumasa because it had no phase of development but now they are all proud to mention that they are natives of Adumasa everywhere they found themselves.
Successes/Transformations
His passion for girl-child empowerment made him put measures in place to ensure that, girls in the community were protected from all forms of abuses and were given equal opportunities.
He wanted at least every 5-year-old child in Adumasa to be able to read, so this made his wife Oheneyere Dr Gifty Anti open a well-stocked library in Adumasa to improve literacy rate in the town.
Nana Ansah Kwao IV paid Jolly Phoenix, a literacy training network to champion the cause of how to read and write among the children in Adumasa.
According to the noble chief, literacy rate in Adumasa has increased from 36 to 89 per cent, where majority of the students could read.
“Though the school is “syto”- a government school, I run it like a proprietor of a private school, where every teacher and head of departments report to me with their lesson notes,” he stressed.
Having education at heart and championing it to perfection to the benefit of all, the chief organises debates among the school children in the palace to improve the public speaking skills of the pupils.
As an environmentalist, he ensured that trees and wildlife in Adumasa were protected.
He also organises programmes for the youth and pupils in the town to remain focused on their aspirations in order for them to contribute their quota to society in future and under the auspices of resourced persons.
Linguistics
Nana Ansah Kwao IV, the father of four children, speaks English, Twi, and Ga and has in-depth knowledge in the traditions of Ghanaian linguistics.
Leisure/Delicacy
Nana Kwao Ansah IV loves to ride motorbikes to experience the fresh wind and is also fan of tennis ball.
He enjoys eating any meal with ripe plantain either fried, boiled or grilled.
Admonishment
He advised the general public to ensure that, whatever decision or action they embarked upon should be futuristic for the unborn generation to benefit from.
“Whatever decisions you take today should not only affect generations yet unborn, it must also be beneficial to those alive and must be worthy, and accountable to God and your ancestors,” he cautioned.
By Alfred Nii Arday Ankrah
The professor who spends his days exploring the intricacies of African languages found himself at the centre of a different kind of lesson on Friday, October 2, 2026. 
This time, there were no lecture notes, academic arguments or university classrooms. Instead, there was the weight of tradition, the rhythm of a community celebration and the solemnity of an oath at a royal palace.
Professor Ọbádélé Kambon, a full Professor of African Linguistics at the University of Ghana, was enstooled as Apagyahene and Sunsum Ɔsahene of Akuapem Mampong in the Eastern Region in a ceremony that brought academia and traditional authority together.
For the professor, the occasion was more than a new title. It was a moment that connected his academic interests in African languages and indigenous knowledge with the living traditions of an Akan community.
The day’s events unfolded through a series of customary observances. Kambon was first taken to the compounds of the Ɔkyeamehene and Gyasehene, where the preparations for his installation continued.
Then came the application of hyire, the white kaolin powder associated with traditional rites.
With the customary proceedings underway, the new chief was lifted onto the shoulders of celebrants and carried along the main thoroughfare of Akuapem Mampong.
The procession transformed the streets into a public stage for a ceremony rooted in the community’s traditional institutions.
There was something striking about the image, a university professor, accustomed to the measured language of academic discourse, being carried through the town in a display of traditional recognition.
Yet the celebration was not complete with the procession.
A ram was sacrificed at the Mamponghene’s compound before Kambon was taken to the palace, to swear the oath associated with his new offices.
The ceremony brought him formally into his roles as Apagyahene and Sunsum Ɔsahene.
Beyond the colourful proceedings, the titles themselves carry layers of historical meaning.
Kambon in his research explores the historical connections between Apagya and Akan political and military organisation.
Accounts cited in his work linked Apagya to an asafo, or military company, while historical writing traces an Apagya stool in Asante to the reign of Opoku Ware I in the eighteenth century.
These historical associations offer a glimpse into the institutions that have shaped Akan society over generations, although they do not automatically define the precise responsibilities of the office in Akuapem Mampong.
Kambon’s own professional life reflects a similar interest in preserving and examining African knowledge.
His work encompasses Akan language structure, naming practices across the Black world, proverbs and indigenous intellectual traditions.
Through Abibitumi, the platform he founded, he also promotes language learning, scholarship and cultural engagement.
But tradition was only one part of the story that day.
When the formal ceremony gave way to a reception, the occasion expanded into a celebration of three milestones: Kambon’s enstoolment, his promotion to full professor and his daughter Ama’s admission to the University of Ghana.
The gathering therefore carried a personal significance that went beyond the honours bestowed on one man. 
It celebrated professional advancement, the continuation of family aspirations and a connection to cultural heritage.
For a father, seeing a daughter gain admission to the same university where he holds a distinguished academic position offered another reason to celebrate.
For the professor, the moment placed family achievement alongside his own professional and traditional milestones.
Kambon had already established a place in the traditional life of Akuapem Mampɔn through an earlier installation as Banmuhene Kyidɔmhene, recorded in 2017.
His latest enstoolment adds another chapter to that relationship.
In Akuapem Mampɔn, the day brought together the university, the palace and the family table in one celebration. And for Kambon, the journey from the lecture room to the traditional procession showed how scholarship, cultural responsibility and family achievement could converge in a single memorable occasion.
By Enoch Ntiamoah Siaw
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Management assured the public that appropriate action would be taken following the investigation.
By: Jacob Aggrey
