True Love: Ghanaian Couple Celebrates 60th Marriage Anniversary in Style; Beautiful Photos Emerge

True Love: Ghanaian Couple Celebrates 60th Marriage Anniversary in Style; Beautiful Photos Emerge

  • A Ghanaian couple, Abraham Opoku Danso and his wife Lydia Opoku Danso have marked their 60th marriage anniversary
  • Their children came together at Chiraa in Sunyani West Municipality in the Bono Region to celebrate their momentous day
  • Beautiful photos from the ceremony were shared in a Graphic Online report about the couple's journey

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A Ghanaian couple Abraham Opoku Danso and his wife Lydia Opoku Danso (Akosua Adiyea) have commemorated their 60th marriage anniversary.

90-year-old Danso, a retired teacher, and Lydia, 79, got married in 1962, and for over half a century, they have experienced many historic moments.

Graphic Online reports that the couple has lived through thick and thin and stayed together to take care of their six children as well as others who came to stay with them to go to school.

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Ghanaian couple mark 60th marriage anniversary
True Love: Ghanaian Couple Celebrate 60th Marriage Anniversary in Style; Beautiful Photos Emerge Photo credit: Graphic Online
Source: UGC

Their children came together at Chiraa in Sunyani West Municipality in the Bono Region to celebrate their 60th marriage anniversary.

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The pair has 14 grandchildren from their biological children, with the eldest grandchild, Benedict Yeboah, 33, a self-employed property developer in the UK, while there are several others from their adopted children.

For their marriage anniversary, Abraham Opoku Danso and his wife Lydia Opoku Danso sported yellow and white Kente cloths for their momentous day, as they received congratulatory messages from family and loved ones.

See some of their snaps below:

Ghanaian couple mark 60th marriage anniversary
True Love: Ghanaian Couple Celebrate 60th Marriage Anniversary in Style; Beautiful Photos Emerge Photo credit: Graphic Online
Source: UGC

Ghanaian couple commemorate their 60th marriage anniversary
True Love: Ghanaian Couple Celebrate 60th Marriage Anniversary in Style; Beautiful Photos Emerge Photo credit: Graphic Online
Source: UGC

About Opoku Danso

Born on September 25, 1932, Opoku Danso received his early education at Chiraa and Bechem and taught as a pupil-teacher after earning his Advanced Level (A-Level) certificate for some time before enrolling at the SDA Teacher Training College at Asokore, Koforidua in the Eastern Region in 1965.

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He taught at Chiraa L/A Primary, Techimantia L/A Middle, and other schools. His significant other was also a pupil-teacher in the same school he taught.

Aside from teaching, Opoku Danso was also a big-time farmer who now owns a 100-acre cocoa farm with a total of 40 acres of oranges, mangoes, and oil palm plantations with some goats, sheep, and fowls.

Opoku Danso was one-time Best Cocoa Farmer for the then Sunyani District and a representative on the Ghana Cocoa Board for nearly 10 years.

Ghanaian Footballer Marries Lover In Beautiful White Wedding

A Ghanaian footballer, Aaron Donkor, has exchanged vows with his fiancée in beautiful customary and white wedding ceremonies.

The pair got married in the capital city of the Czech Republic, Prague. Donkor, who doubles as a student, followed tradition before climaxing their customary marriage with a white wedding.

The duo wore all-white ensembles merged with regal Kente for their customary marriage.

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The bride, Anne Marie, said to be a journalist from the Czech Republic, donned a stunning white gown, and the groom rocked a suit for the white wedding.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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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.