BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ON
THE REV. FRANK KWAME ANKU
(a.k.a Zuta)

FAMILY LIFE

The REV. FRANK KWAME ANKU, known in Mawuli School Family Circles as ZUTA was born on Saturday July 26, 1952 at Abor, then a little village in the Akatsi District of the Volta Region of Ghana to Mr. Enos Yao Anku (now deceased) and Madam Vinolia Afua Anku (now deceased).  The Rev. Anku is the 7th of eight children made up of three females and four males.  Presently however, the Rev. Anku’s family is made up of three females and three males as one of the males passed away in the year 1997.  He hails from Gbadzeme, one of the missionary settlements for the Bremen Missionaries in the Avatime Traditional Area of the Volta Region of Ghana.  The Rev. Anku is happily married to Nancy Akua Anku (nee Edzeani) who also hails from Vane in the Avatime Traditional Area of the Volta Region of Ghana.  The couple is blessed with three biological children namely Tornam Anku, a young man of 26, Ewoenam Anku, a young lady of 22 and Senam Anku, a young man of 19.  Besides their biological children, the Rev. and Mrs. Anku are surrogate parents to two young ladies, Cynthia Ekpe, 22 and Chrystabel Ekpe, 13.

EDUCATION
The Rev. Anku attended the following Schools during the years stated below:
E.P Primary School, Ho-Dome, Ghana – 1958-63
E.P Primary School, Ho-Bankoe, Ghana – 1964
E.P Middle School, Ho-Bankoe, Ghana – 1965-66
Adisadel College, Cape Coast, Ghana – 1966-71
Technology Secondary School, Kumasi, Ghana – 1971-73
Mawuli School, Ho, Ghana – 1973-75
University of Cape Coast, Ghana – 1976-80
Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana – 1985-86
Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, USA – 1988-89
Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, Virginia, USA – 1993-94
Union Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education (Union-PSCE), Richmond, Virginia, USA – 1997-99

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
The Rev. Anku holds the under-listed academic qualifications

1. Education Specialist (Ed.S) degree from Union-PSCE, Richmond, Virginia, USA
2. Master of Arts degree in Christian Education from Presbyterian School of Christian Education (PSCE), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3. Diploma in Pastoral Studies (DPS) from Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana
4. Bachelor of Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
5. Diploma in Religious Studies from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
6. GCE ‘A’ Level from Mawuli School, Ho, Ghana
7. GCE ‘O’ Level from Adisadel College, Cape Coast/Technology Secondary School, Kumasi, Ghana

WORKING LIFE
Following the successful completion of his educational journey, the Rev. Anku served in the under-listed capacities

1. A teacher of Bible Knowledge and Christian Religious Studies in High Schools (1980-1994)
2. A High School Chaplain (1986-94)
3. Officer in charge of Religious Education in Schools, Curriculum Research and Development Division of the Ghana Education Service (1994-2000)
4. Pastor of E.P Church, Adenta, Accra, Ghana (1994-97); the E.P Church, Ashalley Botwe, Accra Ghana (1999-2000)
5. Synod Clerk, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana (2001-2008)
6. Lecturer, E.P University College, Ho & Peki, Volta Region, Ghana (2008 to date)
7. Second minister, E.P Church Elom Parish, Ho-Bankoe, Volta Region, Ghana (2010 to date)
8. Chairman, Mawuli School Board of Governors (2009 to date)

HOBBIES
If you were in Mawuli from 1973 through to 1975, you would remember the Rev. Anku’s active membership of the Mawuli School Dramatic Society notably the parts he played as
“Benko” and “Bokornor Zuta” in two memorable plays entitled Son of Umbele and It’s a Fact  respectively.  These were plays directed by his classmate Efo Kodzo Mawugbe (Pascal).  The Rev. Anku has retained his love for drama to date as a most cherished hobby.  Other hobbies include listening and appreciating music preferably Reggae Music, reading of Comics, Athletics and Letter Writing.

ADVICE TO YOUNG PEOPLE
The Rev. Anku would wish for young people to endeavor to reach their God-given goals in life by doing as Paul advises in Philippians 3:13-14 – forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead…press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called you (NIV).  This requires self-discipline in every aspect of one’s life – at work, in the office, in the home, in school, yes, in every field of endeavor. This self-discipline could only come from the inner self through determination, focus and commitment in whatever one does for his or her own benefit, for the benefit of society and above all for the benefit of God for where determination dwells, failure has nowhere to breed.  May this be the portion of all young people.