Mark Okraku-Mantey

**Mark Okraku-Mantey** (bɛ dɔɣi o la silimin gɔli January biɛɣ'pishi ni anu dali yuuni  1974) o nyɛla  Ghana nim yila "producer" ka lahi nyɛ siyaasa nira. Saha ŋɔ o nyɛla  Deputy Minista zaŋti Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts.

Ŋun nyɛ ŋun piligi ka lahi nyɛ chief executive officer zaŋti  Slip Mark Entertainment. Mark Okraku-Mantey tum ya pam ni as Ghana yili yiniba pam kamani Lord Kenya, Kumi Guitar, Oheneba Kissi, Daasebre Gyamenah, Akyeame, n-ti pahi Adane Best.

Okraku-Mantey daa pilimi kamani  disc jockey yuuni  1990's, Joy FM ka o daa pili li hali ti lɛbi Programs Director n-ti Hitz FM din zaa be  Multimedia Group Limited.

## O Piligu Biɛhigu Mini O Shikuru Baŋsim
Okraku Mantey nyɛla ŋun yina tiŋ yuli booni   Ayensuano. O chaŋ la o basic shikuru la Datus Complex Schools (Bubuashie)  ka daa chaŋ o secondary shikuru mi  St. Augustine's College din be central tuduu yaɣili la. O ni daa be St. Augustine's  saha shɛli maa, ŋun daa nyɛ tuli shikuru bila bɛni saɣiti ni o ʒmee official Disc Jockey zaŋti shikuru maa. O mali la He bachelor’s degree in Marketing ni  executive master’s degree in Leadership and Governance, ka di nyɛla Central University dundɔŋ ni ka o nyɛ di zaa.

## O Yila yilibu(Entertainment) Tuma
Okraku-Mantey daa pili la o tuma  Disc Jockey yuuni  1996, Joy FM ka o daa pili li. Lala hali n-daa ti lɛbi "producer" ka daa sɔŋdi Ghana yili yini shɛba ka niriba wumdi be yila puhim zuɣu . Yuuni 1996, o daa pili la entertainment mini music company dubbed Slip Music mini Entertainment (saha ŋɔ din nyɛ Slip Mark Entertainment la) ni o ʒmee yila ka sɔŋ yili yini shɛba.

Yuuni 1998, Okraku-Mantey  Slip Music puuni o daa dihi o nu gbana zuɣu n-ti Lord Kenya, lala saha maa ŋun daa na nyɛa Hiplife yili yini ŋun yiɣisiri na. O daa sɔŋ Kenya ka ʒmee o yila nim pam n-ti o n-ti pahi o hit album Sika Baa. O daa lahi tum ni Highlife yili yini Oheneba Kissi o *ABC of Love* song la ni Dassebre Gyamena  *Kokoko,o mini* Lord Kenya ni daa yili yili shɛli la. Yila maa zaa daa nyɛla yili shɛŋa niriba ni daa bɔri pam ka di daa luhi kuhi yaɣi 400,000 copies.

Okraku-Mantey gba lahi tum ni Akyeame, Adane Best, Joe Frazier, Kumi Guitar, Felix Bell ni ban pahi. Album shɛŋa o ni daa ʒmee nyɛ Nana Tuffour’s – ‘*Tontonte*’, Kojo Ashkan’s – ‘*Me Nse Ato Biso*’, Felix Bell’s – ‘*Butterfly*’, Oheneba Kissi’s – ‘*Kabiribiri Kyere Me*’, Akyeame’s ‘*Brebre Obaa Hemaa*’, Lord Kenya’s ‘*Sika*’ and Daasebre Dwamena’s ‘*Kokooko*’.

O tuma maa ŋɔ ni saha shɛli,  Okraku-Mantey daa kpɛ la movie industry din ni ka o daa lɛbi executive producer zaŋti Efeiwura, Ghana nim asafihili (comedy) nira ka di daa niŋdi TV3. O daa lahi nyɛla  judge n-ti TV3 mentor,  music reality show yuun gbaliŋ tum din daa piligi yuuni 2006.

Okraku-Mantey nyɛla ninvuɣ so ŋun be Vodafone Ghana Music Awards board. O daa lahi nyɛla Programs Director n-ti Hitz FM, subsidiary of the Multimedia Group bin din gbaai silimin gɔli February yuuni  2014 hali silimin gɔli March yuuni  2021.

Silimin gɔli May yuuni  2018, bɛ daa ti o la Ghana DJ Awards Lifetime Achievement Award yuuni 2018 Ghana DJ Awards ka di nyɛla o kpaŋmaŋ ni o Sɔŋsim zaŋti DJ profession in Ghana.

## O Siyaasa Tali Tuma
Okraku-Mantey nyɛla ŋun be Wɔbigi paati (NPP) ka zaŋ o zaɣisim niŋ siyaasa tuma ni, o ni daa yihi o maŋ polo ni sɔŋdi paati ŋɔ yuuni  2016 Ghana nim zuɣulan tali piibu piibu ni. O nyɛla ninvuɣ so ŋun daa pahi ban daa sabi creative arts section n-ti *NPP manifesto zaŋti yuuni  2016 mini 2020 piibu piibu. Lala saha maa hali ni zɔŋɔ ŋun be* creative arts commentator, speaker n-ti pahi spokesperson zaŋti paati maa.

Wɔbigi paati(NPP) ni daa nyɛ nasara naai yuuni 2016 piibu piibu ni Okraku-Mantey , bɛ daa piigi o la zuɣulan zaŋti  Creative Arts Council yuuni  2017. O zuɣulan tali tuma ŋɔ ni o daa moniya ni bɛ zali Creative Arts Bill.

Silimin gɔli  April yuuni 2021, tiŋgbani zuɣulan Akufo-Addo daa pii la Okraku Mantey Deputy Ministry zaŋti  Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts. Yɛlgola pam daa bɛni zaŋ chaŋ o piibu ŋɔ mini o piibu maa nyaaŋa balii dance hall artiste Shatta Wale mini reggae artiste Blakk Rasta. Bɛ daa niŋ o vihigu silimin gɔli June biɛɣ'pia ni anu dali yuuni 2021. O vihigu ŋɔ niŋbu shee creative arts baŋdiba kamani  musicians Samini, Wendy Shay, Kuami Eugene, actress Akofa Edjeani ni award-winning play writer Uncle Ebo Whyte, ban daa bɛni ni bɛ sɔŋ o.

Bɛ daa saɣi ti o silimin gɔli June biɛɣ'pishi ni ayi dali yuuni  2021, di nyaaŋa bɛ zaŋ o kpɛhi  office silimin gɔli June yuuni 2021

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