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                                   Tajudeen Mohammed Shardow (1920 -1975)

                                                                (aka. Papa Nii)

 

He attended the Accra Royal School, James Town, and later trained to become a professional Goldsmith by 1946. In 1952 he was employed as a Storekeeper with the PWD, and by 1958 he had joined the Workers Brigade. In 1960 he was transferred on secondment to the Ghana Young Pioneers until the coup in 1966. He joined the Volta River Authority in 1966 and remained there until his death on the 22nd January,1975. He was a member of the Accra City Council for many years.

Had sixteen children from four wives.

1st Wife: Zuweira

                 Children:

           1. Habiba (Awaanye)

           2. Lantana (Maikyau)

           3. Meimuna (Yoo Bibioo)

           4. Nafisa

           5. Tanko

 

2nd Wife: Mary Myers

              Children

            1. Hajara 

            2. Fatima

            3. Suleiman

            4. Azuma

            5. Zakari   

3rd  Wife :Alberta Wobson

             Children

             1. Zinabu

             2. Mustafa

4th Wife: Habiba

               Children

             1. Mairie (Auntie)

             2. Hawawu (Naana)

             3. Haruna (d)