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Kumasi’s Master Chef Ama Nima Passes on

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  • NANA ADUANABA, VIRGINIA, USA 10 years ago

    YES I STILL SMELL THE SPLENDID AROMA OF HER RICE. I NEVER MISSED HER GOOD COOKING ANYTIME IWAS IN THE ASAFO AREA IN THE MID 70s. YOU WILL BE MISSED OHEMAA AMA. FARE THEE WELL!!
    DAMIRIFA DUE!

  • OYOKOBA 10 years ago

    There aren't many people who grew up in Kumasi in the 1970s and 1980s for whom Amma Nima was not a household name. She ruled the house when it came to fine and mouth watering tasty cuisine.

    I went to Primary school at Asafo ...
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  • MARY JUANA 10 years ago

    Tell me about that. I hope she trained many people to carry on her unique tradition. I hope somebody will have sat her down and captured her recipes in a book for posterity. We are raising a whole generation of women and men ...
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  • Maame Grace 10 years ago

    STATE BURIAL ON MY MIND WHAT DO YOU THINK OYOKOBA

  • KOFI ABROKWA - HOUSTON, TX. USA. 10 years ago

    MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE.

  • PHILTY McNASTY 10 years ago

    I can still imagine how her food tasted and the scent, just forget it. There was no comparison. Obaa Pa da yie. Rest in peace.

  • Kwame 10 years ago

    Thanks for the delicious rice and beef stew. May your soul rest in perfect peace.

  • Kwame 10 years ago

    Thanks for the delicious rice and beef stew. May your soul rest in perfect peace.

  • Kwame 10 years ago

    Thanks for the delicious rice and beef stew. May your soul rest in perfect peace.

  • Kwame 10 years ago

    Thanks for the delicious rice and beef stew. May your soul rest in perfect peace.

  • Kwame 10 years ago

    Thanks for the delicious rice and beef stew. May your soul rest in perfect peace.

  • Good Life 10 years ago

    Where was Ahmadiyya primary school located, specifically? I am trying to reconnect. Btw Ash Town had its own celebrated matre'de -Adwoa Nsuo. In honor of all the departed souls of atwee, akrantie, adowas, mponam, please, we s ...
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  • mameadjoa 10 years ago

    byebye oldgirls

  • Dessy,Canada 10 years ago

    it is time ghanaians introduce a wiser way of cooking..mostly,all people i know behind the kitchen are dead due to excessive heat from charcoal cooking as well as the heating from already prepared food.it is tine to go on mec ...
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  • Ama 10 years ago

    You are either out of touch with Ghana or you just haven't got a clue. This article is meant for tributes to the fabulous Ama Nima, this is not the post mortem.

    BTW Mama Adjoa, please save your nonsense for your stupid fri ...
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  • Ama 10 years ago

    Sorry Mame Adjoa I meant Dessy.

  • Thanks for the memories. 10 years ago

    Thanks for the wonderful memories. You left your mark as few others can, and we are all grateful. I can attest to her brilliance, because I was a customer. Rest In Peace Ama Nima.

  • VICKY LEE BENTON 10 years ago

    I WAS TALKING ABOUT HER RESENTLY TO A FRIEND IN EUROPE, HOW WE USE TO GO TO HER TO EAT. WE WERE HER CUSTOMERS FROM THE GETGO,.
    EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE MONEY, SHE WILL SELL ON CREDIT TO US CAUSE WE WERE STUDENTS, AT THAT TIME. ...
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  • Koyonso 10 years ago

    Thanks for the wonderful memories. You left your mark as few others can, and we are all grateful. I can attest to her brilliance, because I was a customer. Rest In Peace Ama Nima. I was in Kumasi in Noember 2013 and i sto by ...
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  • Asafo Nyamekye 10 years ago

    Oldtime memories. Araba moo Kaya moo. Yeedi adi biom. These are memories that have been with us since infancy.May her soul rest in the bosom of her maker for her service to the Asafo neighbourhood and Kumasi city as a whole. ...
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  • Ato 10 years ago

    As a pupil of Awere Primary scholl i the 70 & 80 I used to queue for the kanzo, as i didn't have much money to but the real stuff. Even then the kanzo was such a delicacy. May your soul rest in peace. Even in Europe we sti ...
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  • Agonaba 10 years ago

    Taste and scent was from heaven .

  • maame nyanta from kumasi Adum 10 years ago

    sweet mother we thank God for ur life ur service to the people in Ghana exspeacial people of kumasi a great city of Ghana maame da yie may ur sweet soul-Rest-in-Peace we will always Remember u

  • na 10 years ago

    may her soul rest in peace.

  • Kofi London 10 years ago

    O AMA Nima rest in peace

  • poma 10 years ago

    RIP, Glad l met u

  • Mary HE, London 10 years ago

    RIP - A great tree has fallen!!! My condolence to her family. I and my friends really enjoyed her delicious rice and stew in the 70s before I travelled abroad.

  • Janet Yeboaah 10 years ago

    May Her Soul Rest In Peace.

  • ASAFO BOY >>> (Old Timers !!!) 10 years ago

    Kwame Mayor, an "ASAFO-BOY", who grew up at Asafo, mourns Ama Nima.

    >>> Click : WWW.GhanaWebsite.Org

  • Kwasi Nyamekye 10 years ago

    I am very touched by the wonderful tributes to Ama Nima, whom I knew very well. Her Aunt, Auntie Araba, was my mum's (Maame Yaa, friend plantain) friend. So I knew her actually as a girl, from the late 1950s.

    Auntie Araba ...
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  • RITA 10 years ago

    Ama Animah Jollof Rice never made me miss Cape Coast Swanzy Emu. It was so delicious that we girls from WESCO never missed it. We looked for opportunities to run to Asafo for lunch. Woe to the man who fell prey. We never got ...
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  • Kwame Mekameka Daa, USA 10 years ago

    I love Ama Nima rice with bones- (nkasie) that has extra ordinary taste. May the Lord welcome you home.
    Did she left the recipe behind?

  • K ASANTE 10 years ago

    I LOVE KUMASI BROFU " DID SHE LEFT HER .....BEHIND" EI!! BROFU YEDRO

  • Johnny come lately 10 years ago

    Only an inadequate being would be that trivial. Walk off with your melancholic life.

  • Johnny come lately 10 years ago

    Only an inadequate being would be that trivial. Walk off with your melancholic life.

  • Johnny come lately 10 years ago

    Only an inadequate being would be that trivial. Walk off with your melancholic life.

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  • Nii Ayittey 10 years ago

    As a young boy, I used to go all the way from Mbrom to buy food from Auntie Ama Nmas restaurant. It was so delicious that I did not mind the distance. She was indeed a pioneer on the restaurant scene in Kumasi and I would s ...
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  • NO DISCRIMINATE - MAHAMA SUCKS 10 years ago

    I LOVE YOUR FOOD .

  • kwasi Adade asafo 146 in new york 10 years ago

    Adade family mourns with the entire Araba family. Ama we will never forget you .

  • WOFA MANU CANADA 10 years ago

    Staff at Dukla foams now call Vita Foams were customer to Ama Nima ,we enjoyed every launch at her based Asafo,i believed she was a real model in the garden city,what a missed and wishes the family a strong spirit,MAY HER SOU ...
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  • Baby sister, USA - DALLAS 10 years ago

    Sister you gone too soon...

  • Charles 10 years ago

    Wow....... And I thought Sister Mary @ Bantama next to Rivoli had the best rice in the entire city of Kumasi in the 80s and the 90s
    Anyway, I grew up at South Suntreso around 70s,80s and the 90s and never heard of your nam ...
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  • OSEI AGYEMANG{BOB} 10 years ago

    AS I WAS READING THIS ARTICLE ONE PERSON CAME TO MIND AND THAT WAS YAW BERKO BEACAUSE OF HIS PERFECT PIECE HE WROTE ABOUT CHRISTMAS AT ASAFO OR IN KUMASI AND AT THE END IT HAPPENS TO BE HIM.
    IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THIS PIECE ...
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  • Becky Bruce 10 years ago

    Too soon to quick sister, my sister, my mom, my friend. You've left a big hole in my life from my childhood till now, there's no answer to the question why feeding the multitude of the family for my friends and me at Okomfo A ...
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  • The Taxi Driver 10 years ago

    Thank you for feeding us and our girlfriends R I P

  • Baby 10 years ago

    Maame da yie!!!!

  • Withheld 10 years ago

    May her soul rest in peace during 80's from okess I and my friends used to walk all the way to Asafo to eat Ama Nima Rice