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Amosso, Agossou And Comlanvi Bamezon, Bronx African American History Project
Amosso, Agossou And Comlanvi Bamezon, Bronx African American History Project
Oral Histories
INTERVIEWER: Jane Edwards
INTERVIEWEE: Agossou Amossou, Bamezon Comlanvi
SUMMARY BY: Patrick O’Donnell
Agossou Amossou and Bamezon Comlanvi both immigrated to the US from Togo. Amossou, who works as a security guard in the Bronx Museum and is earning a bachelor’s degree in French from Lehman college, came to the Bronx in 2004. Comlanvi also works in security and came to the Bronx in 2002. He is also studying French at Lehman College. During the interview, both men discuss the difficulties and differences they have experienced in relocating from Togo to the US. Foods, music, religion, languages, and family life …