Abednego Nii
QUARCOOPOME
Also known as Uncle Ataa or Sakua’Pa – 1925 – 2005
Uncle Ataa had two other brothers, Uncle Adjiri and Uncle TB from the same mother, Adaku. (Martha Aryah).
He worked at Guinea Press, and later New Times Press, home of the Ghanaian Times newspaper. He was fun and was certainly one of my favourite Uncles. He always believed I was going to be a doctor who would be splitting open people’s knees. How true? This is just what I do as a surgeon.
He was strict but I never recall his threats to “smack you till sleep becomes impossible” ( ma bamobo ke oka shie owon) never happened to any of us.
I remember him returning home from a trip to Germany with the rst black and white TV set we ever saw in Labour House. We never really got it working. We would sit expectantly watching a stream of horizontal black lines and the occasional scrambled greyish image which gave us hope. We eventually gave up and went off peeping in our neighbours’ windows to watch Bonanza and Fury. Uncle Ataa also played some highlife music which were so catchy I still remember these songs and lyrics even today. He was such great fun and always led the singsong like “dzobolibo, I fear you” and “nye woa nyedrolor nyogmor mantse”. He was the life and soul of the party.
Following a serious rod accident, he was admitted to Korle Bu Hospital while I was a young medical student there. Against all odds, he made a remarkable recovery.
I was proud to see his ghting spirit and bravery rsthand. He also showed great tenacity following a stroke and was housebound for a number of years in his later life before he passed on.
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BIRTH HISTORY:
Uncle Ataa, as he was affectionately known, was the eldest son of Martha Aryah and John Sackey Quarcoopome. He was born in 1925 and passed away in 2005. He had two younger brothers, John Adjiri and Thomas Boney Quarcoopome. He also had four sisters and one other brother from his mother’s side.
FAMILY:
He was married to Rebecca Commey with whom he had 11 children, Delia Sakua, Rosaline Nteshie, Chritiana Ama- Kuma, Solomon Sackey, Nathaniel Aah, Robert Otokunor, Roger Kojo-Yaw, Shayoo, Bibioo and Man-T.
VOCATION:
He worked as a printer with the Guinea Press, New Times Press. He had his apprenticeship in printing with his older brother, A M Quarcoopome at Lona Press, in Accra
SOCIAL:
He was head of the Labour House Quarcoopome family for a few years before he passed on in 2005. He was also a staunch member of the Methodist Church.
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