Living in Ghana - The insane world of Compound Houses in Ghana
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- Living in Ghana - The insane world of Compound Houses in Ghana
Before we ended up settling in self-contained houses, we were privileged to grow up in these massive urban houses popularly known as Kumasi Fie, or Compound houses in the center of Kumasi, the second largest city in Ghana. In this video, myself together with my lovely wife will show you some of the interesting facts and how it felt to live in a compound house in Kumasi, Ghana. It is an interesting video and I hope you love it...My Name is Mickey...Keep Watching!!!
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I will like to add that most of these houses have been left to degrade a tiny bit due to lack of maintenance. They looked a bit modern in our childhood days.
I moved from Ghana to the western world as a child and I can tell you that your children will be grateful for this video in the future. You should never forget where you came from and be grateful and respectful to those who fought for you to have the life you have today. It is wonderful that you grew up together in the same neighborhood and are still together today. You know each other so well and have such patience for one another. Applause to you, may god continue to bless you👏🏾❤
Thank you very much for your kind words.
I grew up in my grandfather's house in Takoradi, and it was the same! Sometimes I struggle to explain my experience to my wife so I'm so happy you have made this video so I can show her. A picture is worth a thousand words.
I don't know why I teared up reading this comment. This is the impact I want my videos to have. I hope my other videos speaks your language. Thanks very much.
Takoradi ,Ahanta rd great memories of roaming the streets ,near the madrassa in the Fulani
quarter young girls selling ice water ,sweet oranges and fried fish near the bus and train station .Madame moved me from my paid window bus seat ,I had to sit on the swing seat.
@@gettingbetter3116 Lol...memories lol
Entered one these houses in Ash town to look for a girl, had the shock of my life. over 30 people and everyone was shouting Maame your boyfriend is here lol..I wanted to run 😂😂
Yep. That is a compound house for 😂. You had nerves to go inside yourself. People normally stood outside and sent kids to go and call the girls or boys for them lol.
😂😂😂
I remember staying in one of these homes.the doors were covered with brightly colored cloth.Each large room had a corner for pots and pans.
Ghana brings me such happy and bittersweet memories.
@@gettingbetter3116 Very true lol
Here viewing from Barbados🇧🇧
Mickey you are a very blessed! You have a great wife. You enjoyed a simple, rugged and healthy childhood.
I believe your new life in Ghana will be a prosperous one!
Thank you very much bro. We didn't know any better growing up; thank God there were no social media then. So we were happy. By God's grace it will. Thanks once again.
Aww beautiful couple…God bless your marriage
Amen and thank you 🙏🏾
I WENT TO AMASS I HAVE GOOD MEMORIES OF THIS AREA
Ohh ok. I went to Amankwatia. I had cousins and friends who when to AMASS.
Great content, mate. Keep up with the good work.
Thanks very much.
It's the right way to live....with the addition to cultivation. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏾. I am an Caribbean born Ashanti and stayed many times in KUMASI. I miss Ghana 😢
Carribean born Ashanti? I'm intrigued.
@@MickeyAgyei it's more common than you think. There are a lot of Ghanaians..... In the Caribbean. Remember USA is only 52 years or so outside of jimcrow. There are places in the Caribbean where they "liberated themselves" even before the Haitian revolution. Guyana is one of those places. By the time I got to Tamale..... My divination only confirmed what I knew and what my DNA has been showing me since I was a small girl. You never truly forget if your ancestors do not want you to... And you awake from the religious psychosis. It's not even a matter of debate. Only people who are thoroughly institutionalized will entertain others who doubt, what they know.
@@providenceartdesign Yeah it makes sense. I hope you can the chance to visit Ghana soon.
This was beautiful to watch, loved the small clips thrown in. Genuinely loving couple. Thank you ❤
Thank you for the kind words.
I love this content! , brings back lots of memories
I'm happy you like it. Thanks 🙏🏾
Love this video. Great to see you in this Miami. Mickey you have a super star in your video.
Yes Ang. She's been signed lol
Woow......quite unique and interesting.,🤩thanks for sharing...
It is. Thanks for watching.
You just gained a subscriber. Loved the humble beginnings and how well it shaped your lives ❤🎉
Thanks very much. I hope you enjoy our content.
your both very pleasant to listen to... thank you for the tour
Thanks very much for your kind word 🙏🏾
Very creative. Keep it up.
Thanks very much for your kind words 🙏🏾
This is nice compound house. The zongo houses are real compound houses. I grew in one of them. It was a real drama. The experience of something I will never forget. Both positive and negative .
Oh ok. We heard of zongos growing up but I never got the chance to visit one. I'm sure it's given you mental resilience. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Hahaha hmmmmm
Hahaha hmmmm
I like this video, the best video compound house 🏠 👌
Thanks very much.
Great content making me miss Kumasi
Aww...thanks very much 🙏🏾
Thank you for sharing so many of your cherished memories! Such a sweet couple! 😍 And very well done presentation! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾👍🏾
It's a pleasure. Thanks very much for your feedback 🙏🏾
I grew up at one of the Compound Houses at Asafo, Went to School at St Peter's Catholic at Romam Hill, There Can be a lots of Fun Most of the time growing up at Compound Houses. I miss it. Am now Living and Working an New zealand.
Oh ok. You were our neighbours then. We thank God for your life. I hope all is well where you are. May God continue to keep you.
Wow!!!!! You bring back the good memories of growing up in a compound house with a family of six.
Happy I was able to do that.
Wow, I appreciate this so much. We were kept in the dark as to how you all lived. Very good.
Great content. These kumasi houses are huge. Thanks for sharing your memories with us. I loved it. 😍
Thank you very much. I'm happy you liked it 🙏🏾
This brings back memories living in a compound house in Accra New Town and now living in Barking Uk. Great content bro 👍🏽🇬🇭
Thank you very much. May God protect you where you are.
Our grandfathers did these at places at Asafo, Amakom, Ash town and other. God bless you.
Very true. It's my dream to explore all these areas in the near future. May he bless you too.
Yes the our Kumasi men of old did live very fulfilling lives , and did well to leave goodly properties. Bless their souls. Nostalgia content.
Wow! Your childhood sounds amazing! The communal aspect is wonderful. ❤
Yes. We all had each others back. I'm sure those who live there still do.
i enjoyed watching this video. i haven’t been to kumasi before but this brought back memories from watching all the kumawood movies from kumasi yonko and other popular movies made in kumasi.
Very true. And most of the stories portrayed in the movies were true reflection of living in them lol
This was nice to watch
I'm happy you enjoyed it. Thanks.
Thanks Mickey and Mrs for this great content. Blessed are you who had visionary grandparents and not wasteful ones. The way you and your wife respect each other and flow in the video narration is also great to watch!
Thanks very much for the kind words. Yeah my grandfather did well. It's a shame we didn't have deep matured conversations. I would have learned a lot from him.
You are taking us down memory lane. God bless you
Amen and God bless you too.
Thanks for taking us for a trip down "memory lane".
You are welcome. And thanks for watching 🙏🏾
Hmmm AJ that memories, I tell u miss those days bro thank you for this video ❤😢
Yes my brother. The days that made us who we are today.
Thank you, Mickey and Wife.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Those were the days - thank you for the memories. I grew up in Cape Coast, and the compound or the community concept was the same thing.
Oh ok. Thanks for sharing.
Oooooooooo bro you let me remember ooooooo GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
I'm happy to bring you back memories. Amen and may God bless yours.
Beautiful content. I think it is good for kids as you guys said, you played the whole day and ppl look out for each other. It looks very clean as well. Looks like you enjoyed your childhood there. Hope to see you guys soon again 😊
Definitely. And we were all disciplined whether our parents were there are not. Thanks very much.
Delightful!
Yes Sir..
Massive video ever done on CZcams 🎉🎉❤
Interesting. Thanks for your kind words.
YOU definitely get my subscription
Thanks very much bro. I asked a question earlier I hope you find time to answer. Thanks once again.
So so fascinating 😅😅😅 and it so nice seeing ur wife in there. Bring her more pls
That's my hood for you bro 😃 Thanks for the feedback. I will do.
Thank you for sharing your early beginnings. Your upbringing gave you sweet memories of communal living and its influence on your life. I could see the joy and happiness in your face for both of you as you reflect your past. I see such appreciation and pride. Thank you for sharing your life.
Thank you for the kind words.
It unique he married a childhood friend 😂😂
This was such a beautiful story. Growing is Ghana is my superpower
Thank you very much. It is indeed.
Charlie memories about visits to your mom in this same house is giving me chills. Nice video bro.
True bro. Thanks very much.
Omg! This was a love story! ❤
And quite unique! I have never seen that type of living on CZcams or when I visited. That goes to show you how huge the area is!
Yeah. I'm happy you enjoyed it.
What a lovely experience from a lovely couple. I love your family and wish you all well.
Great story.
Thanks very much.
Hello Mickey really enjoy you showing us around I have traveled two times to visit Accra Ghana always have a great time . Thank you and your wife for the history of where you grew up .Really enjoy your videos. Watching you from America.
I'm very happy you find my videos useful. It was a pleasure 🙏🏾
You guyz r nice human beings. God bless u
Thanks very much for your kind words.
your a great guy, keep this up
Haha...my wife love your videos on tiktok. This comment will make her day. Thanks very much bro.
@@MickeyAgyei aww so cute I love your videos rough !!❤️ my regards to her bro
@@princekwasiyoung5753 She will hear. Thanks bro 🙏🏾
Hi Mickey
Thanks for bringing our memories back to olden days
My name is Prince Bobby and i was leaving behind edward nasser filing station
Hello Prince. I probably will know you if you grew up there in the 90s and early 2000s.
I grew up in a compound house from 50s to 60s in Asafo near Zion school and Amakom near Pioneer Biscuit. Very interesting
Oh wow. You will probably know my dad and my uncle (Opuni). They grew up around pioneer biscuit where I was born and I remember my uncle saying he went to AME Zion school...I think in the 60s.
I was born at the house where THE BEAT CLUB was.
I smiled all through this video because I can relate very well. I miss those days! Magical! Btw, you need to tell that love story, Mickey; how did you "LIE" to the queen? Thanks for taking us down this wonderful memory lane.
I'm happy you liked it.
I grew up in cpc/krofrom casino bar it’s so refreshing to watch this video and reminisce how we lived growing up back home. I watch the whole video with a smile on my face.
I'm so happy that it had that effect.
Thank you for sharing living in a compound house. It was very interesting to say the least. I understand clearly the
saying "it takes a village to raise a child" after watching your content. You and your wife helped me understand Afrakan living. The shared experiences in compound housing will definitely unite you with your neighbor. This type of living is impossible outside of Afraka. I was born in America but Afraka was born in Me. Thanks again for reconnecting me to my Afrakan roots.
I'm very happy it was useful to you. Thanks very much for the feedback.
Just love this, the travel back in times with stories is amazing. 😂
I'm happy you like it. Thanks but is this Gabby, the Trinny American?
So many of your experiences in the compound houses of Kumase are identical to my childhood in Barbados. We did not have compound houses but our small close-knit community might as well have been a single compound. The common sharing of a new Hi fi, or TV, the Christmas rituals of new clothes, food, deep house cleaning and cleaning of the grounds, the gossip, the fact that every adult in the area had the responsibility to discipline you as a child, the sharing of food, and the intrigue of marital cheating, all were transplanted from our ancestors in Ghana. They shaped and sustained us. Thank you for awakening the memories.
Wow. It's insane how much we Africans have in common with the Carribean. Thanks for letting me know.
I lived at amkom closer to Mary akuamoah's house near stadium oh my God I missed home paao I will come and visit guys anytime I will mcome home, bravo!!!🤝
Oh ok. The hood pretty much. I bet you do miss home.
Those days were the best. Wow didn't know that yellow house along the road belongs to your family. Our forefathers did great .
Oh those days were the best. Yeah, you know where The Beat Club was. It's a shame I never sat down to speak to my grand dad to know how he did it. I was too young. All we know is cocoa farm.
Fantastic video and excellent storytelling. Perhaps compound houses have a role to play in addressing affordable housing challenges in the urban areas. It will be great to tour more of such homes and gain more insight into the experiences of the owners and residents. Great job! ❤
Thank you very much for the feedback. You make a very important point concerning affordable housing. Because most of these houses can be renovated to accommodate modern tenants. I will definitely explore more into it. Thanks once again.
@@MickeyAgyeiyes Mickey, u should really explore this idea.
@@rainbow3649 I will thanks.
What a wonderful journey back to childhood. Looks like love brewed over the wall too. Beautiful Mrs!😂
😂😂😂 who would have thought lol.
I really like this channel it inspired me to visit Belize May God always bless you ans your wife.
Oh lovely. I'm happy to hear that. Thanks for your best wishes and may God bless you too.
Watching this video brought back a lot of memories Uncle Mickey…really miss the house🥺
It felt nice to revisit but it's not the same anymore.
I felt very happy throughout the video but Yhhh I kept murmuring to myself that it seems different..buh realistic enough coz it’s been yrs we moved frm there
Wow your story is a bit similar to my husband and I oo 😂😂. We are from Nima, Accra. Make a movie about it. I must visit Kumasi next time I’m in Ghana. Nice content 👍🏾
Well if you grew up in areas like ours, chances are you will meet your March next door. I will like to make a video about Nima. Hopefully you can get me a contact to take me around.
Maame and Mickey❤❤❤Yess ooo, the good old days!!! I spent my childhood years at Amakom where my mum was a tenant in a big yellow storey building, a compound house, situated behind the roundabout. The roundabout is no more the last time i visited the area.
You guys are taking us to memory lane, you know😂❤❤❤👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Well done!!!
Yeah, Amakom roundabout is no more. We should have taken some pictures for now if we knew. You sound like you know us personally 🤔
Its a pity that the round about is gone it was the main signature sign for that area though am older than you all , I also lived in that same big yellow house with my aunty they are all dead now as for the cat fights😅❤
Well done, Mickey, you made me missed schooling in Amankwatia.
Thank you Philippa. Haha yes ooo, the good old days.
Our culture and way of living was an evolved one.
Yeah.
I just discovered your channel and I can’t thank you enough for the insight and detail analysis of things .
That said, as an engineer with lots of experience in house designs, I have come to understand the benefits of compound housing. I love it so much that I am unwilling to build a self contained house. There is a lot more to this style of house than most people know. Thanks for sharing
You are right. As someone commented earlier when this video was released, compound houses can help solve housing deficits while preserving our land.
Thank you very much for your feedback on the channel. I really appreciate it.
I agree. Thanks for sharing this video. I have already subscribed to your channel and I look forward to more insightful content .
@@GhanaPilot9579 Thank you bro. I will try my very best.
The part where you were spying your wife across the compound was soo hilarious - so relatable:)
😅
Owwnn😅I miss those moments…It would have taken me years to visit our home ,where we grew up. But now, I think I can postpone my visit to this place 😁…We’ve already seen it all.Good work uncle and our mum made it very interesting😅.Thank you for taking us back to the good old days.May God give you your daily strength for this cause 🙏
Amen and thank you.
You sure travel a lot. UK, Belize and now back to Ghana
Yes bro. Thanks to God. But Ghana is my root.
Good work to come up with such an informative vedio.
It's almost same like kenya.
I will visit Ghana soon,since my husband is from there kumasi
Ohhh ok. I didn't know you got married to a Ghanaian. I'm happy you found it informative.
@@MickeyAgyei yes .am now Ghanaian hehe
@@jacklyneabigael8451 Crazy!! Welcome to the family.
Thank you 😊 💓
Your wife is beautiful, smart, and loving. What a blessed man.
Thanks very much 😂
I absolutely LOVED this video. Wowww...what nostalgia!!!. Even though I grew up at Nyiaeso in a single family home... of course I had friends and family living in compound houses and I loved the concept. You see...aburokyire can be so depressing when you've grown up in a house full of people. You learn a lot having different personalities around you. Children in the west will never know the people skills we aquired being raised this way.
Your wife is beautiful and classy.
Well done😊👍🏾
You are right. At some point I was scared I wouldn't be able to survive in a calm residential area. Till date we have a WhatsApp group of all the kids that grew up in my grandparents house 😂. We can't let go. Thanks for the complement. And thanks for appreciating our videos.
@@MickeyAgyei a massive reunion is due🙏🏾🙌🏾
@@a.konadu4010 I know lol
I love this video well done please interview your father if possible he sounds amazing ❤
Thank you very much. I'd love to interview my grandfather but he's no more unfortunately.
@@MickeyAgyei I’m so sorry to hear that but maybe there is an uncle or someone who knows about how he built the houses.Also, about how life was at that time for them. Your wife is also so lovely and sweet. Please interview one of the tenants as well.
@@mamsybaby7994 Yeah it hurt me so much that he left before I became conscious of life. Left me with a lot of questions. I will interview my uncle. Thanks for the idea.
"Match made in compound house" 😂 And the two of you make a very beautiful couple. Great video.
Thank you very much.
Most of us lived in compound houses. Self contained houses came about just recently. People are no more building the compound houses like they did in the old days and this has resulted in a shortage of accommodation all over the country.
Very true. That is why we need to start investing in block apartments.
I watch this video and I felt so warm because I see so many similarities between Ghana and Jamaicans I'm talking about from the language to the physical features to the food everything about Ghana is so similar to Jamaica or vice versa. Beautiful couple. The wife has a beautiful rich chocolate complexion very smooth pretty white teeth and in the US they are killing us by droves because they think we're animals and beasts but look at the beauty of our people. #mamaafrica
Yes you are right. Africans and Caribbeans have so much in common. I can't wait to take my camera to Jamaica one day to research for myself.
Some of our father's who built this spectacular buildings never had a formal education and also never travelled abroad. Unlike like some of us we are impatience in life and hate farming as source income. Europeans and Asians love agriculture and are ahead of us in terms of food security.
I don't rate formal education myself. I have 2 degrees and never used one. When it comes to farming, I think the government needs to put policies in place to favour farmers. Like CMB scholarship during the olden days.
People are just lazy these days. The youth hate farming but would like to be rich
Going to grab my pop corn:)
Haha it's a long one lol
Thanks for sharing this with us. Ghana is truly home
You are welcome 🙏🏾
Your videos are very interesting. My good good friend is from Kumasi. He is always telling me how great Ghana and Kumsai is. How he wants to return from London to kumasi. He too is tried of the cold. Hahahaha
Yeah we don't do too well in the cold. I'm very happy to know you find my videos interesting. Thanks for the feedback.
I EXPECT THIS CHANNEL TO GROW QUICKER. I LOVE IT
Thanks for your words of encouragement my brother. Can I please ask if your judgement is based on only this video or other ones. And what will be your advise to us in terms of what you expect from us as content creators. I hope you don't mind sharing.
@@MickeyAgyeiMickey, your mind frame, eloquence in storytelling, the realness of your content and relatability is what is what's going to grow this channel so fast, u will barely be able to catch your breath! I know it! U are very smart, young man, and I can't wait to see where u go! God be with u. Welcome back home! I first saw u with Ekow Simpson, and I got hooked!
@@rainbow3649 Rainbow (the only name I know), I can see your faith in me. I hope and pray I don't let you down.
@@MickeyAgyei wait, how is it possible that, mine is the only name u know. Wow!
@@rainbow3649 Nah what I mean is I wasn't sure if calling you RAINBOW was ok with you. But it's the only name I can call you.
What a great life we passed through...A historical Event.
Yep. Built us up into strong resilient adults.
The konkonsa part killed me!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣they do exactly 💯⁶
🤣🤣you got that lol
@@MickeyAgyei yesoo my dear I laf saa
This is actually nice to watch..I never experienced it before. When I was growing up in Adum it was my grandmother‘s house, my mom was the only child so it was just me and my siblings, eight of us my older sister’s moved to Accra, and travel outside Ghana..Only two people was renting a room in my house. I like the little gossip there.😄
Wow you grew up in Adum? Very close and accessible to everything. It must have been cozy?
@@MickeyAgyei Yeah, former podium club building, that’s my family house.
@@slimtee3950 Oh ok. I can't say I know where it is exactly but I've probably passed by it.
It’s before Methodist Church and Central police station when you coming from P.Z area right next to it was old Asanteman laundry building, and right opposite was Guinness distributions building back in the day..Now most houses on that street is all stores.
@@slimtee3950 Oh ok. Yeah most of the houses have been commercialized. What a busy place to live.
My Grandmother and and 9 of her Grandchildren lives like this in my Country. She lived over 100 years. Because she never alone. Food, story is everyday things in the Compounds. African are the most Civilized People. Contrary to what the call African as primitive People.
True. Where is your country.
I am from Nigeria your neighbor in West Africa, everywhere you go in African Continent is the same, in Tanzania too is same huge compound with extended family
@@Eniola0ne Oh ok. Thanks
@@Eniola0ne Yes ...we re indeed one people ... literally.
Where I was born and raised ❤️💯
Definitely bro.
Looks interesting! Very different from the compound houses in Accra
Oh ok. In what sense?
Yes how different?
@@markntiri8251 from my point of view, what Mickey and his wife are describing sounds very much family related/ long distance relationships between/ amongst most people who live in compound houses in Kumasi! Accra is very different, because of migration, the demography of people in compound houses in Accra are made up of people from across the country if that makes sense
@@TravelwithDaySack i get you. Thought you'd mention that the Kumasi houses are bigger than pertains in Accra, being built by rich cocoa farmers and all.
Kumasi is also beginning to experience the Accra migration drive where outsiders, even complete non Ghanaians are moving there for education, work etc
@@markntiri8251 very interesting Mark! I wonder if the country is moving more trowards the nuclear family and ditching the extended family way of living and support! 🤔.
This is awesome puts me back home.
Aunty Tilly herself on my videos 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾. Mum I made it lol. I'm happy you like it Aunty.
@@MickeyAgyei Mickey my dearest, I’m coming to Ghana in May we should meet up if you’re in Ghana. I will love to have a chat with you.
@@tillytothetophere Unfortunately, I won't be around but I will try and link up behind the scenes to try and make this happen somehow.
Beautiful life story. But why it not enough trees in the community?
A very good question. All the houses had trees when we were growing up. My wife's house was full of fruit trees and we had pawpaw. It was fun playing around and climbing them but the roots started digging into the foundations of the houses. Remember most of these houses are knocking on to 100 years so the trees were becoming a nuisance (that was what we were told).
@@MickeyAgyeiperfect answer
Those houses are old nice architectural house, it was owned Kumasi old riches farmers in 1920s and 1950s.❤❤😂
Very true.
WOW WOW 😂Mickey same experience in Nigeria 🇳🇬. Same no difference. Good old days.
Yes good old days. I will love to know how other African countries and even Caribbeans lived.
Cute couple ❤
Thank you 🙏🏾
Very interesting,,gone are the good days.😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah. Gone are the days lol
I was born in the opuni house as well😅 wow very great time those days
Oh wow. In the 70s, 80s or 90s?
@@MickeyAgyei 70s
@@matildaobeng5805 Ohh way before my time lol
In the 60's only the Rich people has Black and White TV. that's when Osofo Dadzie group was on TV. Later 1980's was Coloured TV. Around 7pm everyone will go outside the street light to play different games. Gone are the days.
Gone are the days indeed. I tear up with joy reading these comments.
I know Amakon area, specifically Amakon junction.
Oh ok.
Is good to marry your childhood friend, full of memories 🥰🥰
Very true lol
Wow memories. You guys lived rich you had 2 toilets in the house. We had 1 for 14 rooms. God help you if you have running stomach
To be fair we had 4. 2 upstairs and 2 downstairs. Character building moments lol
@@MickeyAgyei lol and you had stairs, you guys were ballin . I see from the video that you lived very close to Star night club. Had lots of fun there during interco in the 90’s
@@kennykenny7293 Yep you know it. Born and bred in that house. We used to sleep with that loud music on. I'm not sure how we managed that. I went to interco pre shs saa to the extent I didn't fancy it anymore when I was actually in shs.