From Asylum To Immigrant

About the Book

Voice mon conte qui arrive! This is a popular phrase in French simply meaning ‘This is my story’. It is heart-warming for people to make public whatever experiences they may have had during the various stages of their lives. The songwriter says ‘through all the changing scenes of life…in trouble and in joy…’ sets a good tone for people to tell it as it is. Life, they say, is a journey; it has its ups and downs despite the fact that man must enjoy. Having the privilege to extensively associate myself with this write-up, I strongly believe Nana urankye has attempted to tell the world his personal experiences. Looking at it from differing perspectives, one may conclude that, but these are the usual experiences of any ‘burger’. The pas faux is that, if someone doesn’t tell it, how do people learn from what is seemingly obvious, which invariably only lie at the doorsteps of those who experience it – not the untraveled. Often times, it is the hunter who comes back home to tell his story to extol brave deeds within the forest and among the most feared creatures. The wise ponders as he silently listens to the ‘brave hunter’. At the end of the story, which often tails off with hefty laughter, the wise only sighs and soliloquises, “Let’s wait till the day that the lion also tells its story”. About The Book, written by Mr. Osei Piesie-Anto, Dean, Strategic Studies African University College of Communication,No.2 Nelson Link,Adabraka,Accra,Ghana.

About the Author

The author, popularly known as Nana Kurankye had his Secondary education as a pioneer student from 1961-1966 at Tarkwa Secondary School, Tarkwa,Western Region,Ghana. His journalistic and writing skills and ability started very early from his secondary school days. He was privileged to be appointed fi rst as the Features Editor and later on as the Editor-in- Chief of their famous School Magazine “Benso,” by their Editorial Consultant, the late Canadian Peace Corps Senior English Literature & Frencg Tutor,Mr. R.O. Matthews. This is an remarks of their former Assisitant Headmaster,Mrs. Margaret Amo as part of the testimonial she wrote for him in “ ------------------- Between January 1974 – December 1975,he trained as a professional Social Worker at the School of Social Welfare, Osu, Accra, Ghana. The urge and thirst for higher (Tertiary) education led him to fi ght to pursue a 2- Year Diploma in Social Administration Course at the Premier University of Ghana, Legon, Accra from January 1979- August 1980. In between, he did Correspondence Courses in Personnel Management and later whilst on asylum application in Hamburg(1986) did O & A Levels in Journalism and Mass Communication in the UK. Whilst in Ghana, he was contributing thought-provoking articles to Ashanti Pioneer and the Ghanaian Times; here, too, he has been a columnist of the internetleader- Ghanaweb. He taught as a School Certifi cated Pupil Teacher in the Public Education System; and Tutor/ Education Secretary with the Nigritian Mission Schools in Dichemso-Kumasi in the early 1970s. He also worked with the Department of Social Welfare at Agona Swedro and Sunyani in Ghana after his National Service period in the beginning of the 1980s. 1984 saw him in Hamburg where he sought for political asylum. Later, as an immigrant, he helped to upgrade the image of the Ghana Union formed in 2002; and to put its messages across to the Ghanaian (African) and the host communities for proper integration into the German society. The author is married with seven Children and eight Grandchildren. Currently, he’s pursuing a course with the Writers’ Bureau, Manchester, UK, aiming to become a pro -writer. At the same time,he’s the Vice- President of AYACSA-African-German, Youth, Arts, Culture & Science Association -an NGO- aimed at helping immigrants of African descent. Please, dear valued reader, thank you very much for reading this book and lookout soon for the full autobiography of the author to be titled: “ The Kwabere Boy.”