John Brandford Crayner

John Brandford Crayner (born 1925 or 1926)[1] is a Ghanaian educationalist, described by Mary A. S. Owusu and Lawrence Bosiwah as "a Fante legend" and by Ghana's Business and Financial Times as a "renowned Fante historian" on account of his stature as a historian of the Fante people.[2]: 113 [3] As of 2020 he was, according to social media posts by his family, still alive,[4] though social media commentary in 2025 considered him to have died.[5]

Life

Crayner took a qualification in music at the University of Ghana, Legon, in the Institute of African Studies's School of Music, and a teaching qualification.[6]: i  He was later noted as a fɔntɔmfrɔm player.[7]: 37  His first wife was Mary Akweesi, daughter of Kwaa Otwe (also known as Joseph Akweesi, the grandson of Akweesi).[6]: 2–3  He also married Mercy Turkson (also known as Nana Esi Kuma Bueduwa).[6]: 4 

Works

  • Akweesi egu nananom pɔw (Accra: Bureau of Ghana Languages, 1967) [translated and updated as Crayner, John Brandford (1979). Akweesi and the Fall of Nananom Pɔw. Methodist Book Depot. ISBN 9988786905.]
  • Bɔrbɔr Kunkumfi (1969) [repr. as Bɔrbɔr Kunkumfi: The History of the Migration of the Fantes from Tekyiman to their Present Homes (Accra: Bureau of Ghana Languages, 1989)]
  • Crayner, J. B. (1992). Ahotsew ye. Accra: Adwinsa Publications. ISBN 996497521X.
  • Crayner, J. B. (1998). Yeehyiahyia oo!. Accra: Bureau of Ghana Languages. ISBN 9964201753.

References

  1. ^ Augustine Duah Osei, "The Twifo: Political, Social and Economic History, 1600–1987" (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Cape Coast, 2020), p. 43 fn 94.
  2. ^ Owusu, Mary A. S.; Lawrence, Bosiwah (2015). "Constructions of Masculinity Among the Akan People of Ghana" (PDF). Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 1 (2): 131–37.
  3. ^ "Nananom Mpow: Fantes heritage and sacred shrine". Business and Financial Times (Ghana), September 9, 2024 Monday. Accessed June 16, 2025.
  4. ^ Cape Coast Oguaa (4 August 2020).
  5. ^ "Everything Fante". Facebook. 4 April 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Crayner, John Brandford (1979). Akweesi and the Fall of Nananom Pɔw. Methodist Book Depot. ISBN 9988786905.
  7. ^ Tsuka, Kenichi (2002), Stone, Ruth M. (ed.), "Africa and East Asia" (PDF), The World's Music: General Perspectives and Reference Tools, New York: Routledge, pp. 27–39, ISBN 978-0-8153-1084-6, retrieved 2025-06-18
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