Mr. Kusi Appiah Research Paper

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There comes a time in life when a new human being is being born. It does not matter where he or she is being born, all what matters is that there is a new living creature in the world. On July 22nd, 1997, a new girl was born to Mr. Richard Kusi Appiah and Mrs. Kate Andoh Wilson in a very small town called Santasi located in the heart of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana in West Africa. Mr. Kusi Appiah was a college student at that time while Mrs. Wilson was a food seller in Santasi. Life was not very easy for Mrs. Wilson as she had to raise her daughter as a single parent because Mr. Kusi Appiah had moved to the United States of America. This new girl was named Christabel Kusi Appiah.
As a little girl, life was not treating her really well knowing that her mom is a single parent. The hardship she saw her mom go through in order to get her the best
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Although she did not have any siblings, Christabel had the most caring and loving cousins who made her feel wanted. Living with her grandmother, Madame Agnes Gyamfuah, her uncle, Mr. Collins Amoako and her mother, Mrs. Wilson was one of her best times. Christabel loved to sing, dance, help other people, and make the world a better place for everyone. Christabel sometimes helped her mother at her restaurant to sell food to her customers and help the workers clean up after the customers finish their meal. On April 9th 2008, another member was added to the family and he was called Richard Andoh Wilson. Christabel was really excited to finally g=have a sibling that she took really good care of him. Christabel and her brother were bonded together that they spent most of their time together.
Christabel was chosen as the most honest student in her class during the 2010/2011 Academy year. She was also selected as a leader of a lot of organizations in her school. She was well loved by most of her teachers because she was dedicated to school and did not go against school

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