Profile of the late Komla Dumor

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MARLEY 10 years ago

THe 1st news and this are the same. RIP

THe 1st news and this are the same. RIP
Nzema K 10 years ago

Oh Ghanaweb, couldn't you have done better than this. Is there any difference between the earlier report. infact the earlier one is far better than this so called profile..... Poor Ghanaweb

Oh Ghanaweb, couldn't you have done better than this. Is there any difference between the earlier report. infact the earlier one is far better than this so called profile..... Poor Ghanaweb
Efo 10 years ago

Why tell us about his grandfather and not his FATHER? Isn't a disgrace to is father? Is the father a disgrace to mention?

Why tell us about his grandfather and not his FATHER? Isn't a disgrace to is father? Is the father a disgrace to mention?
MAAME MFANTSE 10 years ago

OMG,it,s like waking up from a bad dream.Komla,may your gentle soul rest in perfect peace.Meanwhile the author of this piece should check his facts concerning the Bossman,s middle name.

OMG,it,s like waking up from a bad dream.Komla,may your gentle soul rest in perfect peace.Meanwhile the author of this piece should check his facts concerning the Bossman,s middle name.
insight to the bone 10 years ago

may he burn together with awonoor

may he burn together with awonoor
yaw, USA 10 years ago

I HAVE LOST MY FATHER, MY SENIOR BROTHER, AND MY ADOPTED SON. BUT THE DEATH OF KOMLA HAS HIT ME HARDER. EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, MY RESPECT FOR HIM IS BEYOND MEASURE. WHY SHOULD SUCH AN ICONIC PERSON AND A ROL ...
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I HAVE LOST MY FATHER, MY SENIOR BROTHER, AND MY ADOPTED SON. BUT THE DEATH OF KOMLA HAS HIT ME HARDER. EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, MY RESPECT FOR HIM IS BEYOND MEASURE. WHY SHOULD SUCH AN ICONIC PERSON AND A ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG GHANAIANS DIE SO SOON? HE DESERVES A STATE BURIAL, REST IN PERFEC PEACE KOMLA
Victor A, Young 10 years ago

The world is a weird place to belong, when you come to think of such shocking incidence. I still can't bring myself to believe Komla Dumor is gone! And I keep asking myself: why should it be him at such a young age? What must ...
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The world is a weird place to belong, when you come to think of such shocking incidence. I still can't bring myself to believe Komla Dumor is gone! And I keep asking myself: why should it be him at such a young age? What must have gone wrong. I'm having head-aches right now, for real! Yet, I still don't believe it's true. It's shocking and it's a very sad news. May God help us all....
Hp 10 years ago

Too young to die.

Too young to die.
wiseman 10 years ago

they can burry him in Togo who cares better ghanaians have lost their lives by his uncle jj rawlings,because they were not ewe , so if ewe is dead whaqt is different ,lets us remember 4 prominent judges who was killed by jj b ...
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they can burry him in Togo who cares better ghanaians have lost their lives by his uncle jj rawlings,because they were not ewe , so if ewe is dead whaqt is different ,lets us remember 4 prominent judges who was killed by jj because they were reall ghanaians and as akans for that matter, mat thier soul rest in peace, may God bless Akan land
ME 10 years ago

ARE FOR REAL WISEMAN?

ARE FOR REAL WISEMAN?
Agbee 10 years ago

so you call yourself a wise man with all these? you can never be a wise man. YOU ARE A DIRECT CONTRAST OF A WISE MAN. your English language is also very bad, in fact is smelling.It is not "judges WAS" it is judges WERE. it is ...
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so you call yourself a wise man with all these? you can never be a wise man. YOU ARE A DIRECT CONTRAST OF A WISE MAN. your English language is also very bad, in fact is smelling.It is not "judges WAS" it is judges WERE. it is not "REALL", it is REAL.
JOE CANADA 10 years ago

how can you relate this man's life with things that murderer rawlings did?.you don't have manners at all. you need to burry your head in shame. I pity you for having such a warp mind. Komla was a responsible son and a father ...
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how can you relate this man's life with things that murderer rawlings did?.you don't have manners at all. you need to burry your head in shame. I pity you for having such a warp mind. Komla was a responsible son and a father for his family and for that matter Ghana. is time fools like you start realise that atrocities that happened in 79 and 81 was started by a demented and stupid akan called boakye djan. look beyond tribe and understand that what has befall Dumors family will happened to any living being on earth including you.IDIOT. KWABENA, RIP AND FARE THEE WELL.
Ikemens 10 years ago

Komla, you are not dead, please come back. You still have a lot in you to deliver.

Komla, you are not dead, please come back. You still have a lot in you to deliver.
KWAME ADDO 10 years ago

Gone Too Soon, Komla!
Like A Comet, blazing across The Evening Sky
Like A Rainbow, Fading In The Twinkling Of An Eye
Like The Loss Of Sunlight, On A Cloudy Afternoon
Like A Castle, Built Upon A Sandy Beach
Like A Perfec ...
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Gone Too Soon, Komla!
Like A Comet, blazing across The Evening Sky
Like A Rainbow, Fading In The Twinkling Of An Eye
Like The Loss Of Sunlight, On A Cloudy Afternoon
Like A Castle, Built Upon A Sandy Beach
Like A Perfect Flower, That Is Just Beyond Your Reach
Born To Amuse, To Inspire, To Delight
Like A Sunset, Dying With The Rising Of The Moon
Gone Too Soon
Death we fear!
Death enters into the Nobleman’s House, and takes away indiscriminately
He seems to have the command to cause green leafs like dry to fall
He comes like a thief with a weapon, secretly to steal, destroy and kill
Why is he so wicked to claim our treasures when he’s not been asked?
Why take away those we love, those that inspire us without any remorse?
For generation gone and to come, who dares to open up challenges?
Oh death, why have you taken away our beloved Komla Dumor?
Komla, were you not tipped to be our President’s spokesman?
Oh Komla Dumor, why depart from us and gone too soon?
Oh Komla, you will always beloved until we meet again.
Damirifa due, damirifa due – Rest in Peace.
Shabi 10 years ago

Come on Ghanaweb! Surely you can do better than this? You have just plagiarized from the earlier article and that is not good enough.

Dont you have telephones and with which with the authority of journalists you can call ...
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Come on Ghanaweb! Surely you can do better than this? You have just plagiarized from the earlier article and that is not good enough.

Dont you have telephones and with which with the authority of journalists you can call his colleagues, friends, family-members, former work-places, the many Ministers of state and politicians that he interviewed in his illustrious career?

Cant you call the BBC and drill them as to what really happened and why when other white journalists pass away they make a lot of noise? Then when this great guy dies they fail even to mention it on the platform on which he was so successfully working on for them?
woman 10 years ago

some aspects of what they just stole from wikipedia and other websites are not so accurate, and it is so embarrassing.

some aspects of what they just stole from wikipedia and other websites are not so accurate, and it is so embarrassing.
The Truth 10 years ago

HE WAS ALSO A MASON FELOW OF THE KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT JUST SETH TEKPER, FRANK MCAVOR AND THE OTHERS. MAY HE REST IN PERFECT PEACE

HE WAS ALSO A MASON FELOW OF THE KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT JUST SETH TEKPER, FRANK MCAVOR AND THE OTHERS. MAY HE REST IN PERFECT PEACE
Good/Bad Ewes 10 years ago

The good and decent EWEs like Komla are dying. The bad and fiendish ones like Tsikatas, Fiifi Kwetes, Richard Quarshiga,Afedes are living. Anyway one bad one Kofi Awoonor is gone already

The good and decent EWEs like Komla are dying. The bad and fiendish ones like Tsikatas, Fiifi Kwetes, Richard Quarshiga,Afedes are living. Anyway one bad one Kofi Awoonor is gone already
noah 10 years ago

this is the most disgraceful comment to be made by a ghanaian! is it about ethnicity or what? all have sin and fallen short to the glory of God.Wisdom they say is not in a single persons head and remember "someones meat is a ...
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this is the most disgraceful comment to be made by a ghanaian! is it about ethnicity or what? all have sin and fallen short to the glory of God.Wisdom they say is not in a single persons head and remember "someones meat is another one's poison may the good Lord have mercy on all of us.
BEATRICE 10 years ago

sorry for those writing all the negative things where is our sense of reasoning as Ghanabians ?

sorry for those writing all the negative things where is our sense of reasoning as Ghanabians ?
Portipher 10 years ago

Ashantis always fret when they hear an Ewe name...even when the person is dead. I don't know why they feel so insecure

Ashantis always fret when they hear an Ewe name...even when the person is dead. I don't know why they feel so insecure
Kponyo 10 years ago

No doubt Komla had one of the most eloquent and best tenor of voice in the world of broadcasting.

Had he been a white-man, he would surely have overshadowed without a trace, all the other presenters in the major broadcast ...
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No doubt Komla had one of the most eloquent and best tenor of voice in the world of broadcasting.

Had he been a white-man, he would surely have overshadowed without a trace, all the other presenters in the major broadcast media establishments in the world. That is how good I thought he was. Obviously, the BBC also thought the same of him hence recruiting him all the way from Ghana to join them.

Komla Dumor is one of those people who could not have been anything else other than what God in his own wisdom elected him to be - a fabulous presenter.

The timbre, the depth, the quality, the resonance, the tonality and the near-perfect eloquence of the unforgettable voice of Komla was not only inimitable but globally incomparable. He was the best.

It is unfortunate that his epic journey in this world has been so short. However within that brief period, many millions of people in Ghana, Africa and around the world appreciated his services to mankind each and every day. He added something to and made the world a better place. He did not die in vain.

Adieu mon frere.
Kofi 10 years ago

We know enough about his grandfather. Who were his parents? Didn't he have one?

We know enough about his grandfather. Who were his parents? Didn't he have one?
KWAA 10 years ago

Is not the same thing we read in the announcement of his death?

Is not the same thing we read in the announcement of his death?
Michael Adzima 10 years ago

All Tribes have good and bad people.

All Tribes have good and bad people.
delaso 10 years ago

Why?death why are you so wicked?May his soul rest in peace

Why?death why are you so wicked?May his soul rest in peace
Bortjacob 10 years ago

REST IN PEACE KOMLA DUMOR.Condolance to your family especially your spouse and kids.

REST IN PEACE KOMLA DUMOR.Condolance to your family especially your spouse and kids.
Bruno Labadia 10 years ago

Honestly Ghanaweb is full of trash. You want to give a profile of your own Son of the land for people to have a feel of him and you write this short thing and you call it profile. Damned!

Honestly Ghanaweb is full of trash. You want to give a profile of your own Son of the land for people to have a feel of him and you write this short thing and you call it profile. Damned!
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

I have always admired him even though I never met him. My brother with whom he studied at Havard has always spoken fondly of him and they remained very good friends. A huge loss to Ghana, Africa and the BBC!!!

I have always admired him even though I never met him. My brother with whom he studied at Havard has always spoken fondly of him and they remained very good friends. A huge loss to Ghana, Africa and the BBC!!!
David-USA 10 years ago

Is very difficult to missed your love ones in their prime time. That is why the bible says do not put your trust in man because man will leave you when you needed him most.it is unfortunate komla is leaving at this time. all ...
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Is very difficult to missed your love ones in their prime time. That is why the bible says do not put your trust in man because man will leave you when you needed him most.it is unfortunate komla is leaving at this time. all the lord be with the family.
Ayi 10 years ago

May his soul rest in peace.

May his soul rest in peace.
Kretz D - Beantown 10 years ago

My heart is broken! This is so sad. My heart goes to his family. May Mr Dumor rest in peace

My heart is broken! This is so sad. My heart goes to his family. May Mr Dumor rest in peace
charles padi 10 years ago

May his soul rest in peace

May his soul rest in peace
BUSINESS DEVELOPER 10 years ago

The world has lost great son and presenter of Afr?ca ,komla has left an empty gap ?n good broadcast?ng &presentat?on may h?s soul rest ?n perfect peace.

The world has lost great son and presenter of Afr?ca ,komla has left an empty gap ?n good broadcast?ng &presentat?on may h?s soul rest ?n perfect peace.
Oheneba osei Yaw Akoto 10 years ago

Kwabena Dwomoh nantiew yie

Kwabena Dwomoh nantiew yie
Chris Kwame Awuyah 10 years ago

Komla Dumor
A true professional and gentleman, Komla Dumor had an infectious and warm smile. Even while on TV screen, he made viewers feel a sense of intimacy.
Komla Dumor cared for content as well as the people who generat ...
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Komla Dumor
A true professional and gentleman, Komla Dumor had an infectious and warm smile. Even while on TV screen, he made viewers feel a sense of intimacy.
Komla Dumor cared for content as well as the people who generated the news. Often, he comes across with empathy and sincerity. Whether it was an interview with world leaders or refugees from war ravaged communities, Komla strived to reveal the soul of those he interviewed. For Komla, the stories and lived experiences of the desperately poor were as worthy as the tales of celebrities.
He was the voice of compassion. He represents balanced perspective on subjects. My memory is formed from watching him as BBC anchor. I watched his demeanor and his interaction with other news men and women. I sensed his courtesy, warmth, knowledge and intelligence.
He was a national African asset. Komla has made a difference and our expectation has been that he would become a global household name.
Alas, God has other plans. We pray for his family and we pray for his soul.
Ayelbassa 10 years ago

I just cannot accept this news. Death doesn't fit him. I am so proud of him so much that every time he appears on the TV I children my children that he is from Ghana. How can I break this terrible news to children?

My con ...
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I just cannot accept this news. Death doesn't fit him. I am so proud of him so much that every time he appears on the TV I children my children that he is from Ghana. How can I break this terrible news to children?

My condolence to his entire family.

Fare well, my brother!
Ayelbassa 10 years ago

I just cannot accept this bad news. Death doesn't fit him at all. I was so proud of him so much that every time he appears on the TV I would tell my children that he is from Ghana. Now how can I break this terrible news to th ...
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I just cannot accept this bad news. Death doesn't fit him at all. I was so proud of him so much that every time he appears on the TV I would tell my children that he is from Ghana. Now how can I break this terrible news to the them?

My condolence to his entire family.

Rest in perfect peace, my brother!

I am so devastated that my first post was incoherent.
ETWE YE DE//// HAMBURG. 10 years ago

YOU ARE STILL WITH US

YOU ARE STILL WITH US
truth 10 years ago

He is with you not with us.His now a cadavre.

He is with you not with us.His now a cadavre.
isaac 10 years ago

may your soul R.I.P

may your soul R.I.P
Zulaika 10 years ago

Rest in Peace.Gone to soon!

Rest in Peace.Gone to soon!
Sara 10 years ago

Someone in London told me he was voodooed by the Africans at the BBC! Oh lord Africans they will never change: when someone is successful they destroy him! Even at the U.N and the world bank Africans use voodoo and witchcraft ...
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Someone in London told me he was voodooed by the Africans at the BBC! Oh lord Africans they will never change: when someone is successful they destroy him! Even at the U.N and the world bank Africans use voodoo and witchcraft!! KOMLA was educated, charismatic, young and famous: they fought him as they say in Africa! People from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Benin, Togo, Guinea are the worst ! I am so afraid of them!
Sara 10 years ago

Bad Africans!!! Stop the voodoo and balck magic on successful Africans

Bad Africans!!! Stop the voodoo and balck magic on successful Africans
AKORLOR,DENU VR 10 years ago

DOES IT MEAN THAT KOMLA DOESNT HAVE RECOGNISED FATHER AND MOTHER WHOM SHOULD BE USED FOR THE SAD STORY INSTEAD OF NOT EVEN DIRECT GRANDFATHER BUT GRAND UNCLE PHILIP GBEHO?SHAME TO THE WRITER OF HIS BIOGRAPHY.KOMLA REST IN PE ...
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DOES IT MEAN THAT KOMLA DOESNT HAVE RECOGNISED FATHER AND MOTHER WHOM SHOULD BE USED FOR THE SAD STORY INSTEAD OF NOT EVEN DIRECT GRANDFATHER BUT GRAND UNCLE PHILIP GBEHO?SHAME TO THE WRITER OF HIS BIOGRAPHY.KOMLA REST IN PEACE
NKANSAH FRIMPONG IBRAHIM 10 years ago

Let's give thanks to God for given this wonderful man to Ghana and called him peacefully.

Let's give thanks to God for given this wonderful man to Ghana and called him peacefully.
COMMON SENSE 10 years ago

Is this a profile or an excerpt from his profile. Why his grandfather and not his parents, siblings alma mater etc. This is an afront to journalism especially writing about a fallen journalist.

Is this a profile or an excerpt from his profile. Why his grandfather and not his parents, siblings alma mater etc. This is an afront to journalism especially writing about a fallen journalist.
Kelvin Lawson 10 years ago

Oh why,why, why i cant stop sharing tears on my eyes about this sad news a great tree has fallen down once again, a gentle dedicated young man has gone to his creator,indeed we are living in a crazy world.May your soul rest ...
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Oh why,why, why i cant stop sharing tears on my eyes about this sad news a great tree has fallen down once again, a gentle dedicated young man has gone to his creator,indeed we are living in a crazy world.May your soul rest in perfect peace
Esther 10 years ago

Soooooo proud when i see you on the television. Gone too soon.

RIP.

Soooooo proud when i see you on the television. Gone too soon.

RIP.
moyoyo 10 years ago

what a shock, the good lord loves u most
Dumor may u rest in perfect peace ameen

what a shock, the good lord loves u most
Dumor may u rest in perfect peace ameen
ikeman 10 years ago

RIP Komla. You make Ghana/Africa proud.My condolense to your wife & Dad Professor Ernest Dumor formaly of National Identification Centre.

RIP Komla. You make Ghana/Africa proud.My condolense to your wife & Dad Professor Ernest Dumor formaly of National Identification Centre.
Nurah caius 10 years ago

Komla Dumor,was one of the great personality.May his soul rest in the bosom of the Lord.

Komla Dumor,was one of the great personality.May his soul rest in the bosom of the Lord.
Nkatha 10 years ago

Your voice and smile made BBC Focus on Africa a pleasure to watch. Rest in peace Komla.

Your voice and smile made BBC Focus on Africa a pleasure to watch. Rest in peace Komla.
Lanita Kumasi 10 years ago

Life as we see now is very short and we must live as there is no tomorrow.So brothers and sisters let us only look up to our maker.Death is really beneficial to christians,our brother Komla will recieve a heavenly treat if he ...
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Life as we see now is very short and we must live as there is no tomorrow.So brothers and sisters let us only look up to our maker.Death is really beneficial to christians,our brother Komla will recieve a heavenly treat if he was attach to HIS MAKER
josey ampofo 10 years ago

i never had de mind to wake up n hear of dis news .is sososo sad for us ghanains .is really a big lost for us,but all de same God alone knows y it happend dis way.may God be with u our dear brother

i never had de mind to wake up n hear of dis news .is sososo sad for us ghanains .is really a big lost for us,but all de same God alone knows y it happend dis way.may God be with u our dear brother
Sansaboa. 10 years ago

Indeed an illustrious son of Africa is lost. He will forever be remembered for his great job both in Ghana Joy FM and BBC May the Almighty grant him a place in HIS kingdom. Komla damirifadue, due, due. Nyame nka wo ho.

Indeed an illustrious son of Africa is lost. He will forever be remembered for his great job both in Ghana Joy FM and BBC May the Almighty grant him a place in HIS kingdom. Komla damirifadue, due, due. Nyame nka wo ho.
Kofi kwame 10 years ago

Good people never last,I respect Komla for the good job he contributed in the BBC for Africans as a whole,may he rest in peace

Good people never last,I respect Komla for the good job he contributed in the BBC for Africans as a whole,may he rest in peace
Pabro correa 10 years ago

As an African, our food is predominately full of Carbohydrates and red meat with little or no exercise at all. Our African wives tends to feed their man with so much meat for dinner because their husbands are the bread winner ...
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As an African, our food is predominately full of Carbohydrates and red meat with little or no exercise at all. Our African wives tends to feed their man with so much meat for dinner because their husbands are the bread winner. It's the children who need more meat to grow healthy but not the men because men who eats too much meat build up too much high blood chlorestol. Men at the age or 35 years and above must cut done on eating red meat and sugar.
This is what sent Komla to his grave.
Yes,he had too much pressure at the BBC but everybody here is working under severe pressure.Komla did not plan his time well and was not doing any exercise at all.His favourite was a khebab with beer after work.This was the cause of his death.
Eating healthy is key to living longer and Africans must learn to eat well balanced diet and reduce their sugar and red meat intact and must exercise at least 2 or 3 times a day.
Adult must not eat after 6pm because food eating after this does not normally digest well.
Komla,rest in peace
CAROLINE 10 years ago

REST IN PEACE

REST IN PEACE
Dery B Joseph 10 years ago

What a shock

What a shock
CORNELIUS ASSAAH 10 years ago

GHANA HAS LOST ONE OF HER GREAT SONS.REST IN PEACE BRO.

GHANA HAS LOST ONE OF HER GREAT SONS.REST IN PEACE BRO.
eghan samuel 10 years ago

may ur soul rest in perfect peace. i love komla because of his deep voice, his control over the language and the smile on his face all the time.he made journalism so attractive, indeed Ghana, Africa and the World has lost a g ...
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may ur soul rest in perfect peace. i love komla because of his deep voice, his control over the language and the smile on his face all the time.he made journalism so attractive, indeed Ghana, Africa and the World has lost a great star.
BUGABUGA 10 years ago

oh.Komlah

oh.Komlah
Wilson Amankona Diawuo 10 years ago

So don't he have a father & where is his children names? And is he the only prisenter in the world everyday kumola dumor

So don't he have a father & where is his children names? And is he the only prisenter in the world everyday kumola dumor
STRANGERS 10 years ago

So Komla is gone;
We are indeed strangers in this world.
May his soul rest in peace.

So Komla is gone;
We are indeed strangers in this world.
May his soul rest in peace.
GODSWAY 10 years ago

Today i listen to one of his interview with bolaray just feeks like he still lives

Today i listen to one of his interview with bolaray just feeks like he still lives
Janice Arthur 10 years ago

komla was an inspiratonal instrumeant in my life, in fact his sudden death sounded like a joke to me when i read the news on net. Ghanians have really lost a great jounalist. RIP KOMLA

Janice Arthur, The Nederlands

komla was an inspiratonal instrumeant in my life, in fact his sudden death sounded like a joke to me when i read the news on net. Ghanians have really lost a great jounalist. RIP KOMLA

Janice Arthur, The Nederlands
eric 10 years ago

so!!!! sad

so!!!! sad

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