My father disowned me— Byno Ayoni narrates his albino story
Fast rising music icon, Byno Ayoni has disclosed that his father disowned him after his birth, leading to the untimely demise of his mother.
According to him, his father did not take it likely to have been born with a defect and failed to take responsibility for him.
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The disappointment and frustration that came with his abandonment got his mother depressed an she passed away three months after he was born.
“I didn’t know my father growing up. According to what my grandmom told me, when I was born, the man came to the hospital, saw me, and said, ‘We don’t have this thing in my family.’ So he ran away. My mom, out of pain and disappointment, died when I was just three months old,” he said.
The tragic fate led his grandmother to take care of him but his woes never squashed, he had to face serious health issues and societal discrimination due to his albinism.
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“So my grandmom took responsibility. At the time, I was a sickly child. I got so sick, according to my grandmom and the people who saw me grow up, that you could see the food travelling down my stomach when I was eating. That’s how sick I was,” he added.
Byno also mentioned that unlike his community and where he grew up, he felt safe in his school, Holy Star Academy back then in Aflao because his headmaster shielded and always protected him from any harm.
Talking about his music, he narrated that his love for music begun when he was introduced to the school’s brass band at the age of five by his headmaster.
“I attended Holy Star Academy in Aflao. That’s my primary basic school in Aflao. I didn’t struggle much with acceptance there because I was shielded by the headmaster, and anyone who did something wrong to me would be punished severely.
“It was because of him that I fell in love with music very early. He made me join the band, the brass band. I was five years old at the time. And then music started from there,” he said.
As he grew, Byno realised that his uniqueness was not a curse but a gift that set him apart.
“With time, I understood that it just has to do with being in a society where you are an outstanding person, looking different from everyone else,” he said.
His musical dexterity was evident, and it helped him win Mentor reality competition as well as fans all over Ghana.
Source: www.spotonnews.net
