Kokaale Amissah-Aidoo and Paajoe Amissah-Aidoo
Recorded
August 26, 2020
Archived
August 26, 2020
47:31 minutes
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Id:
mby019995
Description
Kokaale Amissah-Aidoo (28) talks with her father Paajoe Amissah-Aidoo (69) about his life growing up in Ghana surrounded by family and moving to the US to pursue music, and eventually moving back to Ghana to enjoy being retired.Subject Log / Time Code
TRACK 1 PAA talks about what it was like growing up as a kid in Ghana. PAA says he has great memories from growing up with lots of family all around him.
PAA describes some weekend activities as a child and different “playtime” activities.
PAA talks about going to private school and becoming the prefect and how proud his father was, and having to take the secondary school entrance exam.
KAA asks PAA when he decided to move to the US and what it was like. PAA talks about starting to play guitar before 1971.
TRACK 2 PAA talks about how African bands and musicians were not common to see playing during the time in the US and how his band became a household name because of how new the sound was and how excited people were.
PAA and KAA talk about how sad they both are that KAA will not be able to travel with her young children to Ghana for PAA’s 70th birthday due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PAA shares a traditional Anansi story with KAA.
PAA shares the moral of the Anansi story, that one cannot be greedy or a conniving person, one must share and be selfless.
KAA asks PAA what if anything he misses about living in CA since moving back to Ghana. PAA talks about missing his family in CA.
Participants
- Kokaale Amissah-Aidoo
- Paajoe Amissah-Aidoo