Tchicaya missamou biography
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Tchicaya Missamou – Iraq War Veteran – Saugus Resident – Part II
Welcome to Part II of this amazing American’s story of survival and perseverance going from a life of poverty and violence living in a jungle to becoming a prominent Santa Clarita business owner and family man.
Read Part inom here.
America needs more great patriots such as Tchicaya.
Mr. Tchicaya
Once in Sacramento, a cabbie took him to the cheapest hotel at $20 per night which normally accommodated pimps and prostitutes. For Tchicaya, however, it was a four-star hotel.
Soon afterwards, he was unfortunately robbed of all his money at a shopping köpcentrum. Undeterred, Tchicaya landed a janitorial job cleaning floors and toilets where he met a young man who sought his help to physically shape up so that he could join the military.
One day, two dock were observing Tchicaya and the ung man said, “Mr. Tchicaya I want to introduce you to my Marine Recruiter.”
In the Congo, people referenced vit men as ‘Mister;’ Tchicaya
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Tchicaya Missamou: Iraq War Veteran and Saugus Resident – Part I
Editor’s Note: This is a two-part story, with Part I running today, to be followed with Part II on Friday, Aug. 11.
After attempting for more than two months to meet with Tchicaya Missamou, I was finally able to catch him at his Santa Clarita Warrior Fitness and Wellness Center office and, boy, my persistence really paid off.
After speaking with Tchicaya, I realized why it was so difficult to see him; this man is a world traveler giving inspiring and motivational speeches. Read on and you will understand why.
Sickle-Cell Anemia
Tchicaya Missamou was born Sept. 7, 1978 in Brazzaville, the largest city in the Republic of the Congo.
Because Tchicaya was born prematurely and with sickle-cell disease, a blood disorder, his mother was unable to provide proper care for him. At a very early age, she gave him to his grandmother. The grandmother, in turn, gave him to a 12-year-old aunt to care for.
Tchicaya was a scra
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Tchicaya Missamou
Program Titles
- Deployed all over the world to fight terrorism
Tchicaya Missamou: At the podium and in his heart-pounding memoir, In the Shadow of Freedom: A Heroic Journey to Liberation, Manhood, and America, he shares with audiences his uplifting story of one man’s quest to achieve the American Dream.
He was born in Congo-Brazzaville, subsisting in relative peace with his 15 brothers and sisters until civil war swept the country. At age 13, he was yanked into the brutal life of a child soldier, witnessing unspeakable atrocities. After years of violence and tragedy, Missamou resolved to save lives instead of taking them and began using his military connections to ferry white diplomats out of the country. As a result of this, Missamou gained great wealth, but at an enormous cost – his family was brutalized, and he was forced to flee the country of his birth.
Incredibly, that was only the start of his journey. Missamou’s wanderings led him to America,