“My Parents Broken Marriage Ruined My Chance Of Going To Shool” – Joyce Blessing
Gospel superstar Joyce Akosua Twene, better known by her stage name Joyce Blessing, has described how her desire to pursue an education was impacted by her parents’ divorce.
The singer stated that she had aspirations to pursue careers in design, music, and journalism but was forced to drop out of junior high school because of her parents’ divorce.
She ultimately turned to living with people as a domestic servant and sold on the streets of Kumasi, where she lived.
She moved out to live on the streets and sold to support herself after realizing she could purchase and sell on her own.
This was revealed by Joyce Blessing in an interview with Roselyn Felli on Joy Prime’s Changes.
“It was a broken home because my mom and dad were not together at the moment to take care of me, and there were a lot of things going on. I wanted to be a singer, a designer, a news anchor. I wanted to go to school, but I didn’t get the chance,” she said.
So when you dropped out of school, what were you doing? Roselyn asked.
“I was selling all kinds of things, including sachet water, the one we used to tie (ice water). Everything I could get to sell for the day to get something home, I did.
I’ve sold broom, gari, pear, cassava, plantain, alata soap, and kerosene.
I remember when I was in JSS 1, we had morning and afternoon sessions. When I have class in the morning, I would wake up early to go and help one kenkey vendor sell before going to school. After school, I could go with my friends to a place to cut firewood to sell to food vendors,” Joyce answered.
Source: Dklassgh.com
