First Emotional Photos Emerge as Afia Schwar Holds Pre-Burial Ceremony for Father

First Emotional Photos Emerge as Afia Schwar Holds Pre-Burial Ceremony for Father

  • The pre-interment ceremony for the late father of television personality Afia Schwarzenegger is underway in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region
  • Augustine Adjei died after a long battle with cancer, bowing to the dreaded disease on January 17, 2022
  • His pre-burial service is ongoing inside the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology poolside

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A pre-burial ceremony for the late father of television and media personality Afia Schwarzenegger is underway in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.

The funeral is being held inside the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST, poolside, with famous personalities in attendance.

Afia Schwarzenegger, real name Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa, lost her father after a protracted battle with cancer, succumbing to the disease on January 17, 2022.

Afia Schwar buries late father
Photos from the pre-burial service of Afia Schwar. Source: ghkwaku
Source: Instagram
''My hero has gone to be with the Lord. Rest In Peace Daddy. I’m lost,'' she announced in an Instagram post.

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The final funeral rites, which are ongoing today [Saturday], March 12, follow the one-week memorial service that was held for the late Augustine Adjei at De Temple Centre at Achimota in Accra on Wednesday, January 26.

The first heartbreaking photos from the pre-internment ceremony have emerged on social media.

See the photos below:

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Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.