Nana Yaw Asamoah Sarpong is a St. John’s University graduate in Broadcast communications and the 2x Emmy award winning production manager of the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC. He is the son of the Late Nana Aba Nson Osunyomi Afolabi Sarpong (one of the first Yoruba and Akan priest in America) and The Paramount chief of the City-State Agogo in Ghana, Nana Kwame Akuoko Sarpong. Asamoah loves and enjoys being an advocate of the Akan culture and wants to help with the legacy of the Akan culture the best way he can. Just as Christians believe through Christ anything is possible, Asamoah believes with the shrines anything is possible. Asamoah has with his wife Akua two children, Nana-Esi and Maanu. Asamoah tries his best to travel to Ghana at least once a year to connect with his father side of the family, and connect with the people of Agogo. Though Asamoah does not have an official title in the Akan culture, he was enstooled as an official royal member of Agogo.

Fun fact: Asamoah hopes to create his own television shows that involves African Traditional culture.