BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-AMERICAN " THE LOVETTES " AN AMERICAN FEMALE BLACK GROUP FROM THE 1960's A TIME AND PLACE FOR BLACK GIFTED TALENTS : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                                         BLACK                SOCIAL               HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Lilly Hammond, Lorraine Robinson, Lois Joiner, and Margie Godbolt formed in high school in Jersey City, NJ. As the Tiaras, they competed in local talent shows with friends Phil Terrell and Kool & the Flames (an early rendition of Kool & the Gang). They got a deal with MGM Records, supervised by Abner Spector ("Sally Go Round the Roses"), and changed their name to the Pets. The deal resulted in one single, "What Kind of Girl Does He Think I Am" b/w "Nobody Knows How Much I Love You" (1965). Oliver Hall wrote both sides, but MGM didn't promote the single and they axed the Pets. Phil Terrell introduced them to Winnie "Blue" Lovett of the Manhattans. Blue renamed them the Lovettes, wrote their material, and persuaded Joe Evans to sign them to Carnival Records. The first single, "Little Miss Soul" b/w "Lonely Girl" (1966), died in the States, but blew up in Northern England dance clubs in the '70s. The follow-up, "I Need a Guy" b/w "I'm Afraid to Say I Love You" (1967), had two-side hit potential. The A-side, with its snappy beat, infectious lyrics, and earnest singing, was sweet, and the B-side, a touching testimonial of young love, was even better, but Carnival couldn't put the record over. The gigs didn't pay much and weren't exactly plentiful, and sporadic studio work backing Carnival's other artists wasn't paying many bills either. They exited the music business older, wiser, and grateful for the experience. The Lovettes had no connection with a Carnival group named the Pets (the Lovettes being their former name) nor the Lovettes who recorded on Checker Records before becoming the Gems.

BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-GHANAIAN " ELIKEM NUTIFAFA KUENYEHIA " PART OF THE TEAM THAT STARTED UBA IN GHANA - AN AFRICAN STAR WITH THE NATURAL ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS MOVE : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                BLACK           SOCIAL        HISTORY                                                                                                                                                elikem nutifafa kuenyehia

BA (Oxon) MA (Oxon) MBA (Kellogg)
Managing Partner

Elikem is qualified in Ghana, England & Wales. Prior to setting up Oxford & Beaumont, he was Head of Corporate Services & Legal at Standard Trust Bank Ghana Limited (now UBA Ghana Limited) and part of the team that started UBA in Ghana. He has also worked in the international banking and finance group of Linklaters LLP. While at Linklaters, he was seconded to Barclays Capital as a Global Loans Lawyer. He trained at Travers Smith in London. His areas of expertise include banking, energy and infrastructure.

He is a non-executive director of Metropolitan Insurance Company Limited, Google Ghana Limited and Chase Petroleum Ghana Limited. He is also a member the Law Society of England & Wales and the Ghana Bar Association. In addition, he is an adjunct lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA) where he teaches Entrepreneurship.

In 2012, Elikem was named by Forbes and CNBC as "West Africa Young Business Leader of the Year" and named one of Africa's next generation leaders by the Africa Leadership Network.

In 2010, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He is one of ‘Africa’s 40 under-40 Achievers by named by The Network Journal in 2010. He also received the Millennium Excellence Awards' Young Professional of the Year Award in 2006.

His Book 'Kuenyehia on Entrepreneurship' is the first textbook on Ghanaian entrepreneurship.