A Day in the Life of….

Samuel Agba (Mr. Agba)
Age: 67
Occupation: Owns best Kente store in Kpetoe, retired weaver, farmer, Chairman of the Agotime Tourism Governance Board & Staff
Has been to textile exhibitions in Denmark, US, and France
Dropped out of Secondary School at age 11 to support his family by weaving in 1953
Father of 16
One of my favorite people to just chill with ever.

4:30-Wake up, bathe and eat rice
5:30-Open store
6:00-Take tea
6:30-Check on weavers he buys from all over town collecting strips and paying for them
8:00-Take strips back to store and organize
9:30-Guinness (“refreshment”) with Daniel
10:00-Send strips to tailor to get them made into ties, bags, and clothes. Also inspects and pays for finished products.
11:00-Go to farm on outskirts of town
11:30-Farming
5:00-Come home from farm and bathe so “I can go out again”
6:00-Dinner of yams, rice, plantain, or fufu
7:00-Close the shop, see what was sold
7:30-Socialize
8:00-Bed