Wɔatwerɛ nsɛm wei ɛwɔ Asante kasa mu Akenten Appiah-Menka yɛ Ghananin mmarani, amanyɔni ne adwumawura. Ɔyɛɛ dwadie ne nnwuma soafoɔ-abediakyire, na akyire no ɔbɛyɛɛ mmaradwuma abediakyire wɔ Ghana ahosodie a etɔ so mmienu no mu. Ɔwoo Appiah-Menka Kitawonsa 3, 1933 wɔ Aboabogya a ɛwɔ Kwabre mansin a ɛbɛn Kumasi a ɛwɔ Ashanti Region no. Ɔmaame de Eno Akosua, na Ɔpapa de Ɔpanin Amponsa Adiyia, a ɔwuuɛ ansa na ɔrewo Appiah. Ɔhyɛɛ ne sukuu ase wieeɛ wɔ Aboabogya Methodist Middle School. Ɔkɔtoaa so wɔ Abuakwa State College wɔ Kibi de nyaa ne Cambridge certificate, na ɔkɔɔ Adisadel College kɔnyaa ne Advanced Level certificate. Owieɛ no na owiaa ne ho de nnoɔma-suhyɛn firii Takoradi kɔɔ Marseille wɔ France. Ofiri hɔ 1954 de keteke kɔpuee England. Saa afe no ara mu na ɔkɔwuraa Northwestern Polytechnic (a seisei wɔfrɛ no Universty of London) a ɛwɔ London mu wiee 1955 de nyaa GCE advanced level certificate. Ɔtoaa n'adesua so wɔ University of Manchester firi 1956 kɔsi 1959 de suaa mmara. Ɔgyee ne mmaradwuma too mu wɔ Lincoln's Inn. Ɔsan baa Ghana 1960 ne ho bɔɔ Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade mmaradwuma Yaanom Chambers.