Mr.
Brown, as he was popularly called, was the first born of Abakisi Ayieta (father)
of Sandema-Abilyeri and Akamoak Asak (mother) from Wiaga, Sinyangsa. He started
his elementary education in 1939 at Sandema Old Boarding Primary and continued
to Tamale Government School where he completed his Standard Seven (Middle School
Leaving Certificate) in 1949. He returned to do pupil teaching at Sandema Old
Primary before gaining admission to Tamale Government Teachers Training College
for the Certificate B Teachers’ training qualification in 1951. After that he
taught at Siniensi Primary School in 1953 and Kadema Primary School in 1954. In
1955 he opened Ayieta Primary School in Sandema and taught there for two years
before returning to Tamale Government Training College in 1957 to do the
Certificate A Teachers Training Course which he obtained in 1959.
As a teacher he also worked in
Bawku, Kusanaba in 1963. He enrolled at the Kwame Nkrumah ldeological Institute
in Winneba during this period. After Nkrumah’s overthrow he continued in the
teaching profession as a teacher in Bawku again in 1969 and Zuarungo in 1970. He
also worked as a superintendent of education in offices of the Ghana Education
Service in Bolga (1972) and in Sandema (1990) where he worked until his
retirement in 1995. In his younger days, he was a passionate footballer. Mr.
Brown is remembered as a dedicated teacher and disciplinarian. He is survived by
seven children.