Anthony Kwame Wireko was born on 1 January 1956, in Nkoranza, Nkoranza South, Bono East, Ghana. He died on 27 December 2003, in Abuja, Abuja Municipal Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, at the age of 47.
The usual English form of the old Roman family name Antonius, which is of uncertain (probably Etruscan) origin. The spelling with -th- (not normally reflected in the pronunciation) represents a learned but erroneous attempt to associate it with Greek anthos ‘flower’. In the post-classical period it was a common name, borne by various early saints, most notably a 3rd-century Egyptian hermit monk, who is regarded as the founder of Christian monasticism.
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