Akwasi "Nii Duodu" Fredua Owiredu

Akwasi Fredua Owiredu, also known as “Nii Duodu” age 68, of Atlanta, Georgia (USA) passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2023. He was born on March 13, 1955. A native of Ghana, West Africa, a member of the Asante tribe, a sub-set of the Akan group of West Africa; a very well-known royal family.  He grew up in Bantama neighborhood. In his formative years, he was raised by his maternal grandmother, the Princess Alice Prempeh, while living occasionally also with some uncles.

Due to some socioeconomic adversities, Akwasi commenced work at the age of nine in grammar school.  Based on his upbringing, he became philosophically stoic, learning to embrace diverse views from people with different national, ethnic, and cultural perspectives. Living in New York City {a global, social and cultural laboratory} for more than a decade of his life he began his legal career and also had a brief stint on Wall Street for four years.

He was fluent in English, Spanish, French, rudimentary Portuguese and four African dialects and have lived with a variety of roommates from India, Pakistan, Thailand, Japan, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Hungary.  Akwasi moved to California, one of the most culturally diverse States and lived there for more than eight years, interacting with colleagues from all over the glove professionally and socially.

It was there in California, 1993 in Los Angeles, that through mutual friends and family, he met his beloved Joana. They began to meet up with each other regularly and before they knew it, they fell in love.  To this loving union, their first child, a daughter, was born in 1995.  It made him so happy to see his dreams of having a family come true.

They soon relocated to North Carolina and this is where their second child, a son, was born in 1998. Akwasi was a family man.  During his home time, he loved to cook and do various things around the house.  Some of his favorite things to cook were, fried fish, stew, green plantains, African yam, and he especially loved Uncle Ben’s rice with flavor.

Shortly thereafter, a business offer relocated this growing family to Atlanta and that is where they remained. Although he lived afar, he always loved his African roots and never lost the love of his culture.

While doing a lot of work in the legal field, in 2002, a third child, a son, was born.  His love for family continued loving and caring for his three children: Alice Blossom Owiredu, Victor Akwasi Owiredu, and Edward Albert Owiredu.  The first initials of all three children together spelled his mother’s name: EVA.

He was very active and involved as an everyday father and provider.

He was a purist in many ways. For example, he didn’t use GPS but rather would read and study maps and would use that knowledge to know exactly where to go.  He loved and knew a lot of history and was a Latin scholar. He was very reserved, but once in conversation with you, he was a great communicator.  He considered himself to be eccentric and an avid daily reader of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and The Economist Magazine which helped further his knowledge. Also in his spare time, he loved the outdoors; walks in the park, sitting outside, picnics and watching soccer.

He will be truly missed.  He leaves behind to cherish in his precious memories, his wife Joana Nana Amoaniwah Yeboah; his three children, Alice Blossom Owiredu, Victor Akwasi Owiredu, and Edward Albert Owiredu; his siblings, the late Mrs. Sylvia Owiredu Obeng, Gloria Ama Manu, and Kofi Ntim Manu; his extended families, the Agyeman Prempeh families and the Owiredu families; and many other dear relatives and special friends.

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