The Story of Joyce Owusu

Description

Mrs Joyce Owusu is a 92 year old Ghanaian elder. She was born in the Gold Coast under British colonial rule. In her lifetime she has experienced the birth of our nation Ghana, the start and end of the Second World War and the end of Empire Day in Ghana. Mrs Owusu was trained as a nurse and worked in Ghana for many years both as a service provider and as a patient. The Nana Project sat down with Mrs Owusu and her daughter, Ghanaian-British architect Elsie Owusu. We discussed three moments in her life: her upbringing in southern Ghana, between the Central and Eastern Regions; her experience of the war in the 1940s; and her memories of Queen Elizabeth’s 1961 visit, including the song Dr Kwame Nkrumah and The Queen danced to during the State Dinner.

Participants

• TheNanaProject
  

Interview By

• TheNanaProject