Ghanaian musician Peter Famiyeh Bozah, popularly known as Fameye, has recounted a difficult chapter of his childhood, revealing that he deliberately kept his grandmother away from school activities after classmates repeatedly mocked him over her appearance at PTA meetings.

Speaking to media personality Kobby Kyei, the “Nothing I Get” hitmaker said his classmates initially assumed the elderly woman who attended his school meetings was his mother. Their comments became so hurtful that he eventually stopped informing his grandmother whenever there was a PTA meeting.

“I was stigmatised in school because my grandmother used to come for my PTA. My classmates used to tease me that my mother is an old woman. At a point, I stopped my grandmother from attending my PTA. As young as we were, they realised that the old lady was too grown to be my mother, so I wasn’t informing her anymore. When I got to JHS, it got worse. No one attended my school events,” he explained.

Fameye said the sense of being different followed him into secondary school, where he also lacked the family support some of his colleagues enjoyed. He recalled feeling emotional whenever he watched parents regularly bring food and other items to their children in boarding school.

“In SHS too, I never had anyone to bring me food from the house when I was in boarding house. One of my seniors’ parents always brought him food every weekend, and I always became emotional when I saw that,” Fameye noted.

The musician said those experiences later taught him that a family’s financial position does not necessarily determine the level of care and comfort a child receives.

“There are some children whose parents are not rich, but they provide for them and make them comfortable,” he said.

Fameye further recalled visiting the homes of some classmates he had assumed were wealthier, only to discover that his own living conditions were comparatively better.

“There were some that I thought they were D-bees, but when I went to their house, I realised that where I was staying was better, but I wasn’t getting the benefits they were enjoying,” he added.

The revelation gives a glimpse into the personal experiences that shaped Fameye’s childhood and underscores the emotional impact of growing up without the parental presence and support many of his peers too.

Watch the interview below:

Source: Yvonne Nyarko Agyemang