This blog is dedicated to honouring the memory of Samuel Kwame Brako who is the Founder of Gyidi Church or Memeneda Kokoo (Saviour, True Faith, Faith Salvation, etc)
Children of Samuel Brako’s daughter Akua Konadu continuing the family legacy
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The grandchildren of Samuel Brako have continued the tradition led by their grandfather in making God’s name known through music.
In 1875, the young Samuel Brako (also called Kwame Panin), his mother Afrah, uncles, other siblings and other family members migrated from Juaben in the Ashanti Region during the Second Kumasi-Juaben War of 1874-1875. The defeat of Juaben forces led the people of Juaben, Effiduase, Asokore, Oyoko and other communities to migrate to Akim Abuakwa in the Eastern Region under the leadership of King Asafo Agyei of Juaben. The mother of Samuel Brako and his uncle Kwasi Addai Adutwum settled at Osiem, near Old Tafo in Akim Abuakwa during the reign of King Amoako Atta I of Kyebi. [1]. In 1914, Samuel Kwame Brako received series of revelations from the LORD Jesus Christ, who instructed him to establish a church whose members would worship on Saturday. Samuel Brako before these revelations was originally a member of the Methodist Church at Osiem and functioned as one of the church’s colporteur. Initially Samuel Brako faced a lot of opposition from the established churches and his own uncles
Last week, when I wrote a short piece about my great grandfather Samuel Brako the founder of the Gyidi Church, I was asked about Prophet Kwaku Emmanuel and what relations he had with Samuel Brako. I was also asked about the relationship between Emmanuel and Abraham Kwaku Adusei, the General Superintendent of (the) Saviour Church of Ghana. In this short article I answer both questions. Emmanuel Kwaku Adutwum (popularly called Agyaaku by members of the church and Paaku by his siblings) was the fourth child of Mary Akosua Gyamfuah and Samuel Kwame Brako the founder of the Gyidi Church. Samuel Brako and Gyamfuah had 11 children. The first one was Boatemaa who died when she was still a baby. The couples had another daughter whom they named Sarah Akua Konadu (popularly called Awoyaa). Then they had another daughter whom they called Akua Mansa. Then they gave birth to a fourth child who was a boy and they named him Emmanuel Kwaku Adutwum. Emmanuel was named after Samuel Brako’s maternal uncle
There are no known existing photographs of Samuel Brako but it is widely acknowledged that his son Prophet Emmanuel Kwaku Adutwum shown above was the carbon copy of his father. It is said that Samuel Brako was tall and slender.
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