Emmanuel Adama Mahama was a Ghanaian politician.
He is the father of John Dramani Mahama, the 4th President of the 4th Republic of Ghana.
[1] An educator and rice farmer, he was the first Minister of State for the Northern Region under the Nkrumah government.
Mahama also served as a senior presidential adviser during Ghana's Third Republic under Hilla Limann.
His younger son, Ibrahim Mahama, is a businessman.