Oral history interview with Joseph Ankoma Dadzie
Object Details
- General
- Associated documentation for this interview is available in the Anacostia Community Museum Archives.
- Title created by ACMA staff using text written on sound cassette, contents of audio recording, textual transcript, and/or associated archival documentation.
- Interviewer
- Ansah, Ebow
- Names
- Dadzie, Joseph Ankoma
- Collection Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. Anacostia Community Museum
- Place
- Ghana
- Hyattsville, (Md.)
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Topic
- Businesspeople
- Emigration and immigration
- Foreign exchange
- Foreign exchange market
- Electronic funds transfers
- Banks and banking
- Economy
- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Interviews
- Interviewer
- Ansah, Ebow
- Culture
- Ghanaians
- See more items in
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. Exhibition Records / Series 3: Oral History Interviews
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Extent
- 2 Digital files
- 1 Sound cassette
- Date
- circa 1992-1993
- Archival Repository
- Anacostia Community Museum Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Digital files
- Sound cassettes
- Citation
- Black Mosaic: Community, Race, and Ethnicity among Black Immigrants in Washington, D. C. exhibition records, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Note
- The total playing time of interview recording is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- Scope and Contents
- Joseph Ankoma Dadzie, managing director of First African Forex Bureau, spoke about his migration to the United States in 1980; his higher education experience in the United States; his decision to go into the money transfer / foreign exchange business; and the founding and growth of his business. He explained he and his brother were the first to transfer money to Ghana, how they earned trust within the Ghanaian community, and the challenges and solutions sending money and communicating with people and institutions in Ghana. Dadzie also spoke about the support he received from Ghanaian associations and organizations, and Ghanaian community; Ghanaians securing housing and property in Ghana; helping Ghanaians with their monetary goals and development in Ghana; the importance of transferring money to Ghanaians in Ghana; the rural banking system in Ghana and how to help Ghanaian rural communities with their banking and monetary needs; the economic situation in Ghana; the Ghanaian government's awareness of the Forex Bureau; the importance of Ghanaian societies and associations in Washington, DC; his involvement with the Ghanaian community in the Washington, DC; his parents and siblings; and his future plans. Joseph Ankoma Dadzie, also known as Kofi Ankoma Dadzie, was interviewed by Ebow Ansah. Interview is in English. Digital audio files include white noise and static. Interviewee's voice is intelligible for the most part.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
- Record ID
- ebl-1712088000981-1712088003365-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0