I sent my parents with the marriage items because I want Efya as my wife.
Efya married Tomi Thomas twice in two days. On Friday, 6 November 2026, the couple wore kente and gold for their traditional wedding in Accra. On Saturday they were back in white, she in a lace gown and he in a white tuxedo.
A song before a romance
Efya, born Jane Awindor in Kumasi in 1987, is one of Ghana’s most celebrated vocalists, with Ghana Music Awards for best female vocalist in 2011, 2013 and 2014. Tomi Thomas built his name in Nigeria with the group L.O.S. before going solo in 2014. Their voices met on “Underneath My Skin”, a Tomi Thomas song featuring Efya, years before anyone knew they were a couple.
They kept the relationship private for a long time. Neither posted the other, and interviews stayed on music. That silence made the first public sightings feel like news when they finally came.
From a Valentine’s knock to November vows
On Valentine’s Day 2026 Tomi Thomas’s family visited Efya’s family for a knocking ceremony, the first formal step in a Ghanaian marriage. Word leaked and rumours of a secret wedding followed. “I sent my parents with the marriage items because I want Efya as my wife,” he later said. The couple made their first public appearance together in August, at King Promise’s birthday celebration.
On 4 November Efya celebrated her bachelorette with friends including Fantana, Hajia4Reall and Fella Makafui. Two days later came the kente ceremony, and on 7 November the white wedding, with photographs by Obrempong Shot It. The venue was not published.
A Ghana and Nigeria match
The wedding joined two music scenes as much as two families. Efya’s career has been built in Ghana, Tomi Thomas’s in Lagos, and guests from both industries filled social media with clips over the weekend. WePostWeddings covered the white wedding, the full relationship timeline, every look from the two days and a profile of the groom, linked below.
