She is the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts. She is a veteran actress and has a great personality, probably the only actress who had MPhil in her field. She was voted by Mr. Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng as “His Person for the Year 2014” because of her support for the arts in Ghana. She […]
Author: amoafowaa
Just a simple Ghanaian trying to find the best in our society. I may be fun, I may be interesting, I may be funny, I may even be foolish or intelligent, but it is all based on the mood in which you find yourself. I believe our minds make us who we are. Know that, pain, no matter its 'unbearability', is transient. Unburden or delight yourself for a while in my writings please. And all corrections, advice and opinions are welcome. Know that you are the king, queen or royal on this blog. :)
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EASTER TO FEASTER
Death for freedom Freedom from evil Freedom from pain Freedom from fear Freedom from principalities and powers Freedom for sainthood in happiness Now that freedom’s head is in the armpit of chaos, Enslaved by brutality Being beaten by atrocities Spit on by materialism Stamped on by selfishness Being slapped by earthly ticklings And insulted by […]
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TEARS OF BLOOD IN KENYA
God! Let your eyes descend the stairs of heaven Into this horror turned Africa Whose boarders have developed teeth Teeth which chews beings in full In the name of rebellion II Lord God! Shed mercy in the direction of the innocent And cage the lions to chew themselves to extinction To free Africa whose trees […]
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THE ELEPHANT AND THE MONKEY
An elephant gave It gave so much money So much money to buy monkey’s loyalty Spider looked on and laughed II The elephant did things And monkey kept watch Kept watch on trees close As lion lost so much on its farm III Lion offered a reward A reward for the one who unveiled its […]
Autism Clumsy, mysterious Isolating, interesting playful Adorable, angelic, noisy, unique Untiring, destroying, cuddling Incorruptible, aggressive Neuro-disorder Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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HARMY HELPER (DIAMANTE)
Sun Bright, hot Shining, warming, hurting High, light, gentle, smooth Dusting, powering, working helpful, harmful Solar Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
All are noise Undue stress and ridicule Tempers, I would rather be alone Instead of worry Since my eyes can not get yours May I plead for solitary? Maybe later I will be refreshed and care for company But keep your hands close To catch me when I fall Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia for Autism month.
(Today is World Autism Awareness Day. As part of the awareness, I present this piece) Different From thoughts to walks There is a difference In looks and work There is a difference But not in evil II Different No one can challenge the fact that There is a difference But you just can’t snake a […]
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COMPLACENT
You are the palm tree Claiming superiority As you’re on your feet Just fall, you’ll see your pests From flying insects to drunk mouths II Every part of you Are needs for others Who pray for the storms to conquer you And you brag on your feet Thinking you are supreme Because you provide shade […]
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TEARS FOR THE DEFILED
Nananom were the Lords When the aliens came as explorers Riches turned their heads around And they aimed to be the kings So Nananom were subdued Isn’t it funny that salt were used as toffees To make our Lords tongue licking children? Isn’t it funny that lone guns were used To make men feel like […]
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YOU WERE PERFECTION
At a glance, you were the clouds and I the earth It was like magic Your soul called for the hands of mine Your strength told my weakness it’ll be fine Your voice shattered my tall resistant wall in line And weeded clean my forests of fears II At a glance you became the healer […]
Call and forget the distance When your earthly vehicle Feels the waistly demonstration of wanting-lifers II Call and forget the distance You are a lion and I’m a lioness We’re all in passion so fearless III Call and forget the distance When the moon acts like an enlightened tent As the stars stand like disco […]
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EDIBLES
Yams are edible when subdued by hot fire but poisonous when taken raw You know what you have to do In order to make it a corner stone So go fetch firewood like a farmer Set the fire and set it to work Then cook your yam To feed all And you Making a difference […]
Originally posted on Nana A Damoah:
When I thought his last authored book, I Speak of Ghana, was a compelling replete of the Ghanaian narrative, Nana Awere Damoah takes us on another cerebration which could linger in your memory for a long time. Nana can best be described as an apotheosis when it comes to…
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TAINTED AT BIRTH
Tinkorangmaa, someone poisoned me The person poisoned me through air So I have a few hours to die II Tinkorangmaa, that person doomed me He or she doomed me first by changing my name Crumbling my internal trust III Tinkonrangmaa, How does anyone take me serious? Even the antidotes hold many but none pays attention […]
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FROGS ON GUARD
I see many frogs In all the logs Covered in fogs Like hunting thugs Oh what rogues! II Croak croak, Croak croak croak When the croak does wake It’s for the python’s sake Froggies, do run Your forces won’t do Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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PAINTERS OF POOR PLEASURES
Sadomasochistic sailors Seal your hate in passion Gals and lads need their growth vans Who are you to choose fronts and backs Destroying life vehicles gluttonously? Stop or be cursed! Let green leaves grow to be brown Go get animals in the forest who can fight fair All know that pleasure in danger Can raise […]
Serve someone special Sacrificial sacrament saddles salvation Serenading sweet scents to sour Surreal sustenance stays though svelte Saintly sailors are sages supreme Stone sorrows to stupor Stallions support stables to stand So sweet sleep serves not in stumbling Sagely sayings served in stern Saves Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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WHEN THE FROG NAUSEATES (TANKA)
Folks climb tall mountains With their voices as day wakes Pledging commitments? Funny flaws’ flaked forces fan Into action when day smiles II What are we on then? Noise pollution with no track? Time’s irritation We may hear the earth shout “bue!” Like ones whose ears itch and hurt III In wake of that time […]
Marry my mind Please marry the thoughts of my mind Before you think of the pleasures of this bottle That done, even a hush, dash, or flush Can cause a blush I am the golden fish upstream Hiding from the rest of my being So marry my mind Be like the mathematician Get the formula […]
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FIGHT FAIR
When the domestic fowl calls for a fight with the guinea fowl in the full glare of all eyes, none must interfere because fairness count’s in win II We live, love, work in all view we each have mouths, to talk hands to wave legs to walk what else is there? coverings in clothes don’t […]
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CONCEALED KNIVES
We can’t surely say That the tons of blood on Alata land Were by knives of the known devil II We can’t surely say That the new shoot of hope on Alata land Is free of all knowledge of the slaying knives III Alata is at the crossroad With eyes watching from all angels To […]
The West African Senior High School Examinations for 2015 started on March 30 with integrated science as the opening subject for sitting. I must say WAEC is really on top of exam malpractices. As I advised my students to learn and forget about cheating; “ap)” as it is popularly called, I couldn’t help but notice […]
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THE WISDOM OF ANANSE
Too much rains flood Too hot a fire burns Wisdom like Kwaku Ananse, stupifies Who wants to leave his freedom To hide in little corner nests? So Okonore Yaa please advice Little Ntikumah do weep in good plea When a burning hut is close to a safe hut Only foolish smiling teeth will dance Amoafowaa […]
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BEST BLOGGER IN GHANA NOMINATION
Thanks to all you beautiful and handsome souls, I have been nominated in the Best Blogger Category 2015. The voting is out and Blogging Ghana sent me this message yesterday: “Dear Nominees, Congratulations once again on being shortlisted in the best blogger category for the blog and social media Awards 2015. We hope you are all working at […]
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DON’T DROP
Done drowning due to defeat? Dirt dressing in down deceit? Deafened drowsiness Damaged daft dagger Debts on dancing demons Daredevils dressing in daisies Dote on danger and distress Don’t drown to dust your dreams Dump dormancy, dare and dream Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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IF GOD’S PHONE NUMBER WERE PUBLIC
What would we do If God’s number were public Some will train their voices As many try work in phoning His network would need no advert But its owners will always ask for favours Other networks would send many juicy packages Would that even make sense? Giving all lines, they will all jam II If […]
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HEARDLES
When I look into your eyes I see all the walking lies And feel the kicks of my mind’s whys? As my good waters are gathered for cries II Are you that powerful? What on you is so colourful For you to make me feel this awful? Oh “Onyame!” How pitiful! III Angry storms of […]
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CURSES FROM THE PAST
What have I not seen? “Abro-dua” for t. roll? Acheampong for plasters? Ginger suppository to cure candidaisis? What haven’t I seen? II What haven’t I seen? Slapping of mouth challenging elders? Whippings for tribal marks never intended? Knocks of elders never seen? III What haven’t I tasted? Hunger’s sweet bowl full of axes? Thirst’s huge […]
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SOUNDING DANGER
No matter how sweet The voice of a bird sounds It has to read times For it to grace ears of the earth II Who knows? The melodious sounds Can walk into ears connected to taste buds Which crave for bones with melody And whose bones will those ears go after? III We are in […]
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THE AUTISM AWARENESS WALK
When we do something for a good cause, our consciences bless us even before God does. On April 2, 2015, there is going to be an Autism Awareness Walk from the Autism Awareness Care and Training Centre at Kokomlemle to the Children’s Park at 8am. This initiative is by the Autism Awareness Care and Training […]
Water, don’t quarter Water, nil is manslaughter Water! It is not bitter A good flow serves as a sickness quitter Water, don’t litter Water, help the heart smoother Water, and let skin shed all sweaters Water! Hydration is safer Water! Please water! Water and save your body workers Water can give a nice figure Water […]
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THE GOOD STUDENT
I sit in my seat waiting for exam My friends shake heads and call me awam Unfathomable, they think of learning, bam! But I know all their backbones are pitiful shams II Learning is sweating Timing and painings But with determination and dedication All things get together for good education III I’d rather slim in […]
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A CAN DO COLOGNE
As night hurries in packing darkness To bolt seeing as day tosses to turn in minutes What thoughts are wearing heels Disturbing your head chambers? II As day prepares to take off its blanket And sun’s door is being opened by the moon What fears are taking over the strength of your legs Forcing you […]
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WERE I YOUR WOMAN
If I were your woman I would borrow the brightness of the sun To throw more light on you And plead for heavenly lenses To zoom all your righteousness II If I were your woman Your meals would be indigenously prepared Mostly by my hands and ours And served hot After my tongues of […]
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GO ON AND PEEL YOUR CLOTHES!
After the ticktocking into days of seven Bodies so comfy in sinful clothes think of heaven And wear clothes of purity which is a burden To crying God’s houses whose mouths are deaden II As if white masks are cold and heavy They act like sheep when their wools are wavy And after the heavens’ […]
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SADA REBRANDING: THE HIGHS AND THE LOW
During the SADA rebranding, SADA Business and Investment Forum (SABIF) was born. Stakeholders and representatives from all regions converged at the Tamale Sports Stadium from the March 24 to March 28, 2015. The first day saw many youth mentors together to mentor many youths who came in their numbers. Many of the mentors came from […]
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THE SMILING MORTAR
She left her smiling alter Knowing not she was going in for a slaughter Oh why is she being pounded in a mortar? Somebody’s precious daughter! II I hear she had the greatest court Knowing not those days were for her to be bought Now she sits in thorns smiling but hot Can’t say what […]
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WAHALA DO GAS
Stretching and stretching But neck is no ladder Failure branding eyes failures in halls Halls where hands are itchy to write But heads have nothing but shame of naught II Sweats are rains falling in pants Breaths cannot take the horror of pants Time is modelling so thoughts scream “please take of its heels” A […]
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AT THE FORECOURT
As monkeys dress in suits And pigs dress in cloths And monkeys eat with cutlery As pigs feed with fingers All mouths shut As tummies receive Forgetting all standing beefs II Talks of climbing and sky defecation Talks of dirt and defecation feeding Talks of the best as compared to the rest All rest, […]
I decided to take a break from my laptop to see what my proud country’s television stations had for me. I tuned in to METRO TV to catch a glimpse of the great match between our own Accra lads,Olympics, which now has ‘Olele’ (our forgotten goalkeeper) in goal post against the herdsmen from the North […]
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I Don’t Love You
i.mobavatar.com/broken-heart/i-dont-love-you.jpg The look on your face That anxious look Waiting for me to tell you Those creepy words I have no words for you I’m as dead as a firewood. I see nothing beyond What we have built all these years. I know you want Those words from my mouth. What do you want to […]
I wore no clothes But came to be worn by air Every visiting day asked me to shed And wear thoughts of the older And these thoughts keep getting colder Mamaa! I only need a smooth sail Why must I wear a whipping tail? Papaa! Like one you knew existed, Couldn’t you have kept me […]
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DEATH CELEBRATORS
Kai! We are all there Arrival of spirits before bodies Hark! Glory to the dead Umbrellaring our sins II Even in sadness is happiness Although He died Servants must drink Thankfuls must sin Empresses must dance Revolting the favour III Core of celebrations are pushed in ovens Over happy thoughts rushed to the fore Ringing […]
Candid Candy curbs and corrects Caring, cleaning, cozying to contest Like a combatant cruising in quest Candy came from charity’s crest II Candy is a caring goddess un-bored Giving and hoarding good to be stored Candy blows storms poo poo poo Lord Until freeze-ice is thoroughly thawed III When Candy lies in the […]
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I’m not in Love
I read love stories I sing love songs I talk about love But I’m not in love. We’ve been friends for long I know you want more than that You have shown me to your parents But I’m still not in love. Everyone thinks we are a perfect match They all say we should get […]
I smell the spices on my body I see darkness all around I see myself in an enclosed place That I cant turn my body here and there. I see myself in front of two transparent doors And all I can see is Joy from one door And wailings from the other My child, Come […]
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PARDONING REST
Broken bones bow to breathe Burning in bothers but built in braveness Blessed are you who peep Your beautiful and best selves I thank in leaps Have the same love and meet another Who will keep your thoughts While these bones fix fine . Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia. (I ask for permission to rest for […]
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IF I COULD MAKE LOVE TO GOD (18+)
In all sparks like sharks Emotions calling in harks I think to myself what it’ll be like To make love to God Blasphemy? II It’s the new worldly exchange And He moulded its organs Money for passions Materials for passions Smart telecoms for passions Mischiefs for passions And all are left after breath flees III […]
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THE FARMER FARMED (LIMERICK)
Once there was a farmer Who thought he was a charmer He needed a skilful planter So he called on a mighty hunter Who shot and tore the land and the farmer Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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