Agnes Tawiah
QUARCOOPOME
Also known as Aafio Tawiah
Aao Tawiah was a sister of Uncle GO (PapaNpka), Uncle Albert and DodooNye by the same mother.
She was a strong and assertive woman who walked with great condence and commanded our respect.
She was a hardworking and obviously proud Market Trader who went to Makola everyday.
She was very rm but fair and caring. She always made me feel particularly special as she fondly called me M’Papa Nii obviously in memory of her departed father, Nii Sackey. I always made a beeline to her because she generously gave me money whenever I went to say my goodbyes before leaving for boarding school. She was special. She rmly told me o once for being a bit forward in a family meeting with our elders.
As children, we were always wary of her as she was usually the rst to report our misdeeds to our parents when they returned from work. We aectionately called her ‘Radio Ghana’ for her reporting skills but never to her face.
We had no doubt that she loved us and only wanted the best for us.
Tribute
Agnes Tawiah Quarcoopome, more aectionately called Aao Tawiah was a formidable woman. She was a younger sister of G O Quarcoopome (Papa Nkpa) and A M Quarcoopome (Ataa Mensah). She attended the Government Girl’s School in Accra and at a very early age decided that she was never going to be dependent on anybody. She started her working life baking bread with her mother at Lona House.
Though she was coerced into marriage she maintained her independence and made a success of trading in cooking utensils and cloth at Makola market in her latter years.
She was well trusted by her elder brother G O and was custodian of all his assets. She was also entrusted by her siblings with handling all family meetings and accounts.
She had two sons, James (Father) and Samuel Aah and a daughter (Rita Kailey) by Mr Hansen-Sackey. She has 16 grandchildren.
She was a disciplinarian but also very generous. She loved weddings and marriage ceremonies and always played an active role within the family on such occasions. She was a Leader in the Presbyterian Resurrection Church in Accra and then at Adabraka Presbyterian Church.
Oral Narrative by Rita Kailey Aryeh, (Daughter)
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