CHARLES AKU MAYNE, (Uncle Ebow) was born in Cape Coast, Ghana, in August, 1937.
A founding pupil of the All Saints Anglican Primary School, in Takoradi, Ebow went on to complete his middle school education at the renowned St. Peter’s ECM Boys’ School, Sekondi.

Over the next five years, starting in 1959, he pursued further education at the Aggrey Memorial Secondary School in Cape Coast.

Following that, he worked in the Accounts Section of the Ghana Railways Corporation, rising to the position of executive officer, just a step below that of senior officer.

He later moved to Kumasi where he worked at the Abura Printing Press. The company, which published the opposition newspaper, The Ashanti Pioneer, was owned by Mr. J.W. Tsiboe, husband of Uncle Ebow’s aunt, Mrs. Nancy Tsiboe.

It was during this time that he met and married Emma Acquaah-Harrison, his beloved wife.

Like many young Ghanaians, he nurtured a dream to go to the United States of America. Eventually, in 1969, he fulfilled that dream by moving to the US, where he enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh to pursue a degree in Accounting.

On July 1, 1972, Uncle Ebow, as the Ghanaian community in Canada called him he settled in Toronto, Ontario, where he was joined by Emma and their young son, Ebow Esia. Eventually, the family grew with the birth of their two other children, Araba Sekyiwa and Kojo Egyir.

In Canada, Uncle Ebow developed a reputation as a highly-respected pillar in the Ghanaian community. He conducted numerous traditional marriages and child naming ceremonies in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. He was also a peace-maker and adviser. As a consoler, he was frequently visiting community members who had lost dear ones or attending funerals.

Professionally, he worked at Revenue Canada as an auditor for 25 years.

Uncle Ebow died on Monday, May 9, 2022, at the Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto.

He is survived by his dear wife, Emma, their three children and two grandchildren.

The funeral service will be livestreamed. The link will appear above at 1:45pm on Saturday, May 28th. The recording will be available as of May 30th under the media tab. Please reach out to us if you require further assistance.