He completed his education in 1957 and resumed his traditional duty as "Denkyirahene" ruler of the Denkyira state[1] in the latter part of 1957 till his passing in 2016.
Odeefuo Boa Amponsem was born on 11 November 1923[citation needed] as a first child and only son of Kwasi Apeagyei and Abena Tweneboa (from Agona royalist clan), both residents of Jukwa, Central Region.
After the death of his father, his mum realising the difficulties in raising a royalist as a woman and a single parent took Kwame to her cousin, Nana Owusu Bore II who had then been enstooled as the 17th Denkyirahene to be groomed at the palace.
He continued his education in Dunkwa-on-Offin when the colonial government directed the Denkyira Traditional Council to move the administrative headquarters of the state to Dunkwa where there were modern facilities and better physical infrastructure.
He completed his education in 1957 and fully resumed his traditional duty as ruler of the Denkyira state[1] in the latter part of 1957 till his passing in 2015.
Finally, there was a modest practical training in Kente weaving after introductory lessons in design making, names and meanings of various traditional clothes including the Adinkra.
Examples are left handedness, an unbearably short stature, extreme stammering, dismemberment of a limb or other part of the body and circumcision.
There was gradually a change of attitude among others especially the kingmakers who realized that Kwame Mensah’s long service at the Ahenfie (palace) at both Jukwa and Dunkwa 1941-1955 had given him enough background education in traditional administration, at court and that his formal schooling had given him an added advantage.
All these factors led the kingmakers eventually to prevail upon his Uncle to abandon his schemes for the throne and support his better qualified nephew.
As his support waned drastically, Kwame Mensah's uncle gained greater respect when he showed his statesmanship by abandoning his plans and throwing his full weight behind his nephew.
The large body of people who went concealed themselves away from the residence of Kwame Mensah while his uncle himself led a small group to the Railway Station where he worked.
Led by Linguist, Okyeame Atta, they put Kwame Mensah in a large passenger lorry they had hired for the journey from and to Jukwa.
Immediately upon arrival at Jukwa they put Kwame Mensah in a room for the traditional confinement for days and on 11th February, 1955 the solemn installation ceremony took place.
About the same time, that is from 1970 to 1972, he was a member of the National Family Planning Council, a body charged with the responsibility of formulating policies, strategies and programmes to control Ghana’s rapid population growth.
In his home state Denkyira, Odeefuo served as a member of the Management Board of Dunkwa Boa Amponsem Secondary School for the five years 1970 – 1975.
It was in this capacity that Odeefuo Boa Amponsem III represented Ghana at the 1980 Moscow Congress on World Co-operative Movement.
After the dissolution of the Political Committee following the creation of the Second Republic, the government appointed Odeefuo to serve on the membership of the Central Regional Executive Board of the Centre for Civic Education.
The Centre had been set up to educate Ghanaians in their civic rights, responsibilities and obligations with a view to making them more politically conscious and interested in working to ensure the practice of democracy in Ghana.
Today many people are aware of the location of Denkyira and the name Odeefuo Boa Amponsem III, Denkyirahene is familiar to many.