Ghana’s leisure trade gathered in Tema on Saturday for a week-long vigil to recollect actress and entrepreneur Beverley Ama Afaglo, days after she handed away after a battle with most cancers.
Mourners wearing black and crimson crammed Group 9’s Inexperienced Taste Occasion Middle for a night of worship, scripture readings, musical performances, memorials and sermons.
The attendance figures mirrored Afagro’s extensive affect within the movie and music worlds. Amongst these in attendance had been Nana Ama McBrown, John Dumelo, Jocelyn Dumas, Vivian Gilles Lawrence, Gloria Osei Sarfo, Calibos, James Gardiner, in addition to gospel singer Empress Gifty Adrie and different trade figures.
The vigil’s most emotional moments got here throughout the torch-lighting ceremony and the discharge of balloons into the night time sky. The actress’ youthful brother Caleb Afaglo paid tribute on behalf of the household, leaving many in tears.
Born within the Volta Area in 1983, Afaglo has constructed a profession in Ghanaian movie and tv, with credit together with Northern Affair, Aloe Vera, Sidechick Gang and Return of Beyoncé. She died on the Worldwide Maritime Hospital in Tema on Might 24 on the age of 42 after a two-year battle with most cancers.
She was the spouse of Eugene Barr, a musician often called the choirmaster of the group Play, and so they had two daughters. Asserting her loss of life, he wrote that his “coronary heart is damaged past phrases.”
Her household introduced that her last funeral shall be held on August 7, 2026.
