Memorial Tribute to Our Matriachal Ancestor Awo Amma OboAtaa (1701-1780) Part 2 The Reunion Continues

 i had the opportunity to meet all the elders in the family. I was Informed that the family had not forgotten Awo Oboataa, and that her migration to Akaa had been passed on orally from generation to generation, for the past 250 years. Interestingly, the folks at Akaa had kept the story alive. Awo,s children grew up and inter married with the citizens of Akaa and gave rise to a large family of over 200 descendants.

Having successfully located the Abetifi branch of our family, a reunion was held in 1965, first at Abetifi and then at Akaa Buem. All the important personalities and elders were present. The Abetifi group was headed by Nana Kwame Fori. Awo Hannah Obiyaa, Driver Kwame Oppong, and his two sisters were  able to make the trip to Akaa.

 The Akaa group led by Nana Amoyaw Ampem Darkoh went to Abetifi. The delegation included all the living descendants of Awo OboAtaa and her children, including my grandmother Elizabeth Adwoa Oforiwaa, my mother Rosina Adwoa AMOABENG Asare, my sisters Victoria Amma Asabea Asare and Beatrice Asare, my aunt Lydia Abena AMOABENG, and grandpa Moses AMOABENG ‘s other children from his second and third wives, Uncle Kwadwo Okoto AMOABENG and Uncle Moses Kwabena Antwi. 

 Maame Yaa Dee, Maame Clara Atia Sumina, and  Kwadwo Fordjour , descendants of Kofi Atia were also present. The meeting was a great success and a joyous occasion. Awo OboAtaa’s story was recounted for the younger generations.  Unfortunately, no photographs of the reunion was taken.

We have kept in touch with the Abetifi group since the 1965 meeting.

I therefore dedicate this blog to Awo Amma OboAtaa and her three children:

Kofi Addo, Kofi Atia and Amma Agyeiwaa.

 Selected Bibliography: Burroughs, Anthony: Black Roots: A Beginners Guide To Tracing The African American Family.