war memoirs
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Living in liberia
I don't really remember that much about living in Liberia, i just get flash backs about everyday thing like for example i remember we went to church every Sunday my grandma and my uncle Thomasa were the priests. The church were called AG, it was assemblies of God church. The whole family were members of that church.I remember for Christmas the family would cook allot of food and we will take the foods to the Church and we had service and than after the service we had like little gathering with the church.And than for new year we had a night service that took us in to the new year,than when we get in the new year we went around in the village singing and knocking on doors waking people up and wishing them happy new year. And afterward we went home and the women would started to cook and the children would be playing and the men did what ever the men did on new year and that how we celebrate our holidays.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Move to Liberia
So while we were in Ivory-coast the were war still going on in Liberia, we were there for a while than my family heard the war ceased little. so the men decided to go and made sure if it were save before the whole family move back.When they got there, they saw that the city wasn't save, so they couldn't go back to their old houses or home they left behind but there villages were OK, they weren't as bad as the city were. So they decided they should started over and by moving to there village, instead of living in the city like they did, before they war started.So they went and built houses in this village called too-slung, I know I'm not spelling it right And as months pass more of dad family move back, the section of the village they live in got bigger and bigger it was Jacob village, it was name after my late grand pa Jacob Togbah, my
dad father, cause he was the head of the family.Almost all my family
members from my dad side of the dad side of my family moved back and live in that
village.While some of my family move back some stay Ivory-coast, these that stay back were mostly my mom family.,i stay back with them in Ivory-coast while my mama and papa were in Liberia, later on my parent sent for me to come and stay with them in Liberia.I don't really remember how old i was but i think i like 2 or 3. when i move to Liberia to my parent thing were going OK,even though war were still going on in the country.We living really sample,my dad and uncles farm rice,each from had their own farm, and my mom and aunts made garden, they grew any they anything u can think about. My uncle Thomas was the family hunter, this dude was good he could kill anything.so we basically live as producer.
I'm going to stop right here for now.
I'm going to stop right here for now.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
I was born
sorry guys that i haven't been witting on here,but I'm back!
my parent meet in Ghana ,they went to to Ghana before the war started in Liberia , they went there to go to school, that how they meet each other, while they were they in Ghana the war started back home so they couldn't go back home.they had me on the refuge camp while they were still in school.i wasn't born in an hospitals like most kid, i was born in the one or two bedroom apartment my mom and her cousin were renting.they didn't have modern doctors on the camp so i was deliver by a country doctor.when i was born i had a tumor right in the middle of my heard,I was born with too much water in my body so i wasn't allow to drank water for the first six months of my life and i also had cuffing problems. I was a really sickly baby.If you know any thing about Ghana , you will know that Ghana is really hot it is right below the equator, so it hot all year long and it felt like we live on the sun.So each though the country doctor told my i wasn't allow to have water my mom couldn't stand it . She told me one night i was cuffing so hard none stop, she could just watch and do nothing, so she give me water,i got really sick i almost die, every thought i was going to die, they just hoping and pray, and waiting for me to die,but i got heal miraculously. my parent just got tire with all the stuffing, so they decided to move to Ivory-coast because they heard some of their family member were there. Liberia and Ivory-coast are neighboring country, so when the war started some of the people ran there there too. most people that went the walk there. It's in walking distant, it take about day and a half or two to get there depending on how fast you walk.so my parent thought if they move to Ivory-coast thing would be easier and their family members could help take care of me. And surely it was happen, when we got to Ivory-coast theirs family member were there.And basiclly both side of the family took turns taking care of me. I was treated like a king,because i was the only baby in the house hold, before any one touch me they had to watches their hand.
my parent meet in Ghana ,they went to to Ghana before the war started in Liberia , they went there to go to school, that how they meet each other, while they were they in Ghana the war started back home so they couldn't go back home.they had me on the refuge camp while they were still in school.i wasn't born in an hospitals like most kid, i was born in the one or two bedroom apartment my mom and her cousin were renting.they didn't have modern doctors on the camp so i was deliver by a country doctor.when i was born i had a tumor right in the middle of my heard,I was born with too much water in my body so i wasn't allow to drank water for the first six months of my life and i also had cuffing problems. I was a really sickly baby.If you know any thing about Ghana , you will know that Ghana is really hot it is right below the equator, so it hot all year long and it felt like we live on the sun.So each though the country doctor told my i wasn't allow to have water my mom couldn't stand it . She told me one night i was cuffing so hard none stop, she could just watch and do nothing, so she give me water,i got really sick i almost die, every thought i was going to die, they just hoping and pray, and waiting for me to die,but i got heal miraculously. my parent just got tire with all the stuffing, so they decided to move to Ivory-coast because they heard some of their family member were there. Liberia and Ivory-coast are neighboring country, so when the war started some of the people ran there there too. most people that went the walk there. It's in walking distant, it take about day and a half or two to get there depending on how fast you walk.so my parent thought if they move to Ivory-coast thing would be easier and their family members could help take care of me. And surely it was happen, when we got to Ivory-coast theirs family member were there.And basiclly both side of the family took turns taking care of me. I was treated like a king,because i was the only baby in the house hold, before any one touch me they had to watches their hand.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Add onto my basic history
so after most people went to Ghana to start over their life were going good. people started working together to build their new home, and making friends and new familys. people were happy, but not every body were we all knew every body can be happy never be happy the same time. but life for most people were going well. things were moving no but war were still going on back home. every day people were heading different story that their family's and friends they left in LIBERIA was no long living, people were getting kill everyday in Liberia, and their family's and friends were got the sad news, and people were coming to Ghana, everyday, running from the war in Liberia, and bring sad new to family's and friends and others.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
My basic history
HEY, how how your doing today my name is Aziz Tody. i am 13 years old all most 14.
i was born October 29, 1995, in west Africa , in this country called GHANA.
am the oldest child in my family, i have 3 sibling, two sister and one baby brother.
he is just 4 months old. his name is ISAIAH.
one of my sister is 10 year old, her name is Patten, and she is next to me. she were born 1998, December 2.
and my other sister is called Brenda, and she is next to patten, she 8 year old. she were born 2000 October 20.we were born in the same month but her is 9 days before my.
my mom name is Olivia Solo, and my dad name is Isaac Tody.
i know all this don't really have to do with anything about a war or my topic for this blog, but i just wanted to tell you out there that is reading this right now little about myself.before we start the different stories i will tell.
i decide to do this , about three weeks a go but i was thinking about what to talk about on it,
and what to called it. but i had no idea, so i started talking to some friends about it.
they like it, and they were willing to help me, if i needed anything.
so i told them i have never start up a blog before, or even know the first step in making
one.and even if i do i didn't know what it should be about.
after i told my friends about it of one of my friend Ian said he knew how to make a blog, and he could help me if i knew what i want the blog to be about.
he will help me setting it up and teach me how to work on it., and all that.
so i said OK that day, when i came home ,i was thinking about that whole day, what the blog should be about, and what should be on it? so i decide to give it all to GOD, in prayers.
about three days or four days later. i was watching CNN new on TV, that morning or evening i don't really remember what time was it that day, but on the new they were talk about this war that were going on in NIGERIA, and how people were getting hurt, and some were getting kill. when i hear that, that day i felt so bad.i was think about those people that were kill and those that got hurt, and all those children that lose their family and friend,and homes. so i decided to make my blog i was thinking about making, something about wars around the world.to let my reader know that war are real and they going on in country around us every day and night. example my country Liberia it had war for about 15 or more years,that why most Liberian move to Ghana including my family. Ghana had their war, too, but theirs were like back then in the days.so it were kind of save to live there,and it wasn't far from Liberia , so most people ran there cause it was easy to get to and to started over and make a new life.
i will stop right here for now but i will got back soon.
i was born October 29, 1995, in west Africa , in this country called GHANA.
am the oldest child in my family, i have 3 sibling, two sister and one baby brother.
he is just 4 months old. his name is ISAIAH.
one of my sister is 10 year old, her name is Patten, and she is next to me. she were born 1998, December 2.
and my other sister is called Brenda, and she is next to patten, she 8 year old. she were born 2000 October 20.we were born in the same month but her is 9 days before my.
my mom name is Olivia Solo, and my dad name is Isaac Tody.
i know all this don't really have to do with anything about a war or my topic for this blog, but i just wanted to tell you out there that is reading this right now little about myself.before we start the different stories i will tell.
i decide to do this , about three weeks a go but i was thinking about what to talk about on it,
and what to called it. but i had no idea, so i started talking to some friends about it.
they like it, and they were willing to help me, if i needed anything.
so i told them i have never start up a blog before, or even know the first step in making
one.and even if i do i didn't know what it should be about.
after i told my friends about it of one of my friend Ian said he knew how to make a blog, and he could help me if i knew what i want the blog to be about.
he will help me setting it up and teach me how to work on it., and all that.
so i said OK that day, when i came home ,i was thinking about that whole day, what the blog should be about, and what should be on it? so i decide to give it all to GOD, in prayers.
about three days or four days later. i was watching CNN new on TV, that morning or evening i don't really remember what time was it that day, but on the new they were talk about this war that were going on in NIGERIA, and how people were getting hurt, and some were getting kill. when i hear that, that day i felt so bad.i was think about those people that were kill and those that got hurt, and all those children that lose their family and friend,and homes. so i decided to make my blog i was thinking about making, something about wars around the world.to let my reader know that war are real and they going on in country around us every day and night. example my country Liberia it had war for about 15 or more years,that why most Liberian move to Ghana including my family. Ghana had their war, too, but theirs were like back then in the days.so it were kind of save to live there,and it wasn't far from Liberia , so most people ran there cause it was easy to get to and to started over and make a new life.
i will stop right here for now but i will got back soon.
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