Nii Amugi II

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 Ga Mantse or king in Ghana 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 NDC Presidential candidate for the 2008 general elections, Mr. Edward Doe Adjaho, Deputy Minority leader and Dr. Mary Grant.

References

1. ^ Veep leads Government delegation to Ga Mantse funeral, Ghana.wordpress.com, Retrieved 20-Feb-2007
2. ^ ^{a b} A short biography of Nii Amugi II, Ga Mantse, TheStatesManOnline.com, Retrieved 19-Feb-2007

External links

• Short Bio of Nii Amugi II
• Boni Nii Amugi II Laid to Rest
• Trouble looms to find new King after death of Nii Amugi II

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Name	Amugi II, Nii
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Date of birth	1940
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Date of death	2004
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