I want to be your chauffeur today I will drive you to the site of your flutters …to dig out your shocking mutters I will drive you to the island of your passions …to gift you memorable reactions I will drive you to the shores of your screams …to fish out the wows in your […]
Keep what you can tend to …not what will turn you into a ball of madness Don’t keep a zoo …if you can’t do the do …of caging the raging …or killing the murdering II Your chin is like a forest Where many little animals pop to live Always hunting your skin Hoping other skins […]
The fascination of Ghanaians in watching the Mexican, South Korean, and Indian soaps has gone from ridiculous to worry. It is laughable to see a country once colonised, in the process of development, and still bemoaning the loss of most of our cultural values sink so low, aided and abetted by the media which has […]
You’re a dream …a dream I don’t want to soil …with the touch of reality You’re a stream …a stream I don’t want to swim in …with my dirty insanity You’re a cream …a cream I only want to smell …to leave it full till my flight of soul You’re a beam …a beam I […]
Love is like a seed …in an unknown soil Whether it’ll germinate or not …after planting an interest …is like the hawk of death …and its hunting human fowl II A heart undergoes the process of oneness …just as the seed battles its new soil …in hope of birthing a new shoot There can be […]
Let them come and sow …protected by their arrows in bows Let them call us foes …punching with their mental blows Let them finish and go …calling all to behold in lo Let them laugh as we tirelessly mow …and puff to our succeding’s no II Let them shoot their pricking pos …until their hands […]
Men who cry over constipation But look down on life pots As unfit kings do their dirty subjects You are like lost pigs in poisonous filth II Men who weep over constipation Sleeping with their rear worshipping the sky Begging air for some cool relief Yet thinking they have power over life’s links of continuity […]
Sisters and brothers turned strangers in the strange! Mothers and fathers left lonely in old gaols Sons and daughters growing in deserts of hatred Think not you are cursed Lament not your dejection For if time will peel history backwards It would reveal your mountains of love Turned pain and sadness in your grand ancestry […]
On this beautiful day, I come like a knightess, to defray your pickle Oh be in the mood for a tickle For there will be a suckle That will call for an enchanting wriggle Summoning many an amazing giggle So let afrukuto, all-fall-down, azuikoto, som-ma-me-nyɔ with patrikotum mingle And shame days that documented you a […]
You love my life But hate my strife You abhor my stain Yet love my rain You loathe my strain Why love my gain? In every chicken resides a bile Definitely, the sun comes with its light and heat Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © Jan. 10, 2019
I look at the grieving me in any mirror And see the monstrous horns of horror I think about the remaining you in the cold In between the teeth that earth crush in fold Then I remember I was told There was a concrete with cement sold To the mouth of the earth through the […]
Nyane, nyane Takyi And pluck him from the dreams of illusions Which has painted a heavenly innocence For his troubled reality II Nyane, wake Takyi The mythical evidence that muatia in Ghana did bless actually worked out there In metamorphosis into disgrace Sad it still had a metal hand for slapping III Nyane o, wake […]
Maturity is like an imperative armour That everyone, for it, must clamour In all gutsy candour Dirty linens can drown the best skins And burn integrity of its kins Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © October 30, 2018
Clouds are clearing in this dark I can see the hazy moon flanked by its numerous stars Light rays, with their toes, make visible many a mark But breakages have arrested almost all bars Shaking in collapsing Freeing hope of its masking II I can see in drying, tears of dawn I can see in […]
Creativity just walked under the shed of AUCC Re-echoing its bosshood in thought Embracing bosoms ready to blossom Announcing its determination to surpass the fertility its umbrella gives Time’s tongue is yearning to tell tales of Inventions, wordy and active! Visitations thrilling and impacting! Innovations interesting and glorifiable! Trains of goodness hide in steps of […]
Fowls roamed freely in homes and outside sometimes daring to share meals with humans, always threatened and flew to throw revenge dust into people’s eyes. They defecated at odd places to give humans some work. As people prepared places for their roosting, water to quench their thirst, they killed some to prepare delicious soups or […]
Clouds hang, umbrelling the earth To lure the perfect air to lead To lead your gentle soul to rest The sun partnered in the sky In shining dryness, to warm To warm your beautiful spirit to leave To leave this venue in happiness Words form in the sky of minds In appellations to honour To […]
Oh you tears Feeling like streams Because sadness feeds your source On this heavy pillow Think again Even your feeder tires in abusing II A sun will shine To dry you out Even rains from skies have their exits So be not prideful Your today can be erased by a happiness tomorrow Your stains can […]
New leaf had been planted in the Apemso Kingship. Foes of the King were fast gathering and looking for ways to oust him out. Their sole line of changing minds of elders was “Do you want another man to take over our land?” For over a decade, they had always operated in secrecy, planning on […]
We have lived to see a fountain of example seize After watering many a revering We have lived under the disinfection of a lotus Even in this menopausal mud We have seen the rise of an oak even in thirsty soil And we have learnt to dream even in our wakefulness Busumuru, yɛdawoase o! II […]
Wherever plam nut falls, is considered its rotting place. Kumnipa was careful in the Apemso Palace. Everyone accorded him respect but he still felt like a stranger. Anytime he saw Boadu, a lump of hatred choked his neck veins. What was more annoying was the fact that he was everywhere the princess was. He tried […]
Ohene Asaa begged his daughter to at least take one guard with her and settled on the guard being female and not showing in any way that she was a guard. Ama Adjeibea Okore was the perfect female guard for the mission and Ohene Asaa made sure he put her under more training for a […]
“You will have a baby. A baby who will wash your sorrows and polish the pride of the queen and the ego of the king. The only clause for bliss, is to be sure to grant all the wishes of the child no matter how difficult. The day you fail to grant a wish is […]
Oh dear! The hawk of death Has caught one of the best chickens of life What is this confusion that burns Scribbling minds on hot coals of pain? What is this shock that stirs Hearts in reawakening fears of the going? What is this bell that scares Fingers holding pens of seers? Yet this gone’s […]
Emmanuel Eroh is a distinction graduate of Physics Electronics from the Prestigious Federal Polytechnic of Bida in Niger state. He is a Business Analysts and a seasoned entrepreneur. He loves rendering business ideas to small start-ups and is also an advocate for the girl child education and child marriages. He carried out training on capacity […]
Segbeyon is a skillfully dedicated historian and poet. A teacher by profession with an unquenchable passion to breed future generations who are capable of development and leadership. He is the pioneer of the Take Charge Movement (TCM), Nigeria, which is aimed at exposing students in secondary schools to concepts self awareness, esteem and actualisation. Also, […]
Yahya Sowe, from the Gambia, is an Islamic student graduate from Muslim Senior Secondary School in 2011. He had his degree at the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in 2014. Yahya is a 25 year old youth activist, freelance journalist and a volunteer with more than ten years experience in youth leadership, serving communities to better […]
Eugene Odoi is a 20-year old Child Rights and Responsibility’s Advocate with the Children and Youth in Broadcasting CURIOUS MINDS, a young people focused organisation in its 22nd year. He has been in the group for five years and in the course of it, has shared in different advocacy platforms both on radio and television […]
Alieu is a self-motivated young Gambian leader working with communities in bringing about development. He has worked with different people across his country and beyond. Alieu is also a senior reporter with the Trumpet Newspaper, a freelance journalist as well as a Young African Leadership initiative Fellow. As an advocate and activist, he anchors a […]
Omar Gaye is a hardworking and committed Finance and Accountancy specialist from the Republic of the Gambia. He holds a BSc ( honours) in Accountancy from the University of The Gambia and is a leading advocate for quality and accessible education in his country. He has over six years of experience in Civic Leadership and […]
Hannah Awadzi (Mrs) is a Ghanaian communications Specialist and Founder of The Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation programme on cerebral palsy.She holds a degree in psychology with linguistics from the University of Ghana and a Diploma in Communications skills from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.She has worked as a journalist for over […]
Abena Magis, a Ghanaian, is a product of University of Cape Coast with a degree in English but her wealth of knowledge comes from her wealth of experiences. She is a blogger and public speaker. She is a relationship speaker and a social media counselor. Through social media, she had been able to impact thousands […]
Katherine Akua Akoto Bamford is a disciplined, hardworking, kind Ghanaian woman with the fear of God as her compass in life.She is into tours, events, party rentals, owns Coco’s Montessori School and offers educational consultancy services. She has been involved in humanitarian services for 11 years and still counting. Amongst her charitable works are: renovation […]
Stella Allou with pen name Ella Rhymz started the game of poetry at a tender age. Her love for short stories and poetry was developed by her late father. She’s a product of St Monica Senior High School where she was an active member of the Read Wide and Debators’ Clubs. She had her tertiary […]
Alberta Ghunney is the CEO of Ally’s Favourite Bakes and Treats, named after her adorable daughter. Cooking, she says, has always been a hobby and never a chore. In her own words, “The fact that I’m able to put simple things together to make an amazing meal fascinates me.” She fell in love two years […]
Kumba Philip-Joe, is a young lady who hails from Foya District, Lofa County Liberia. She is a devoted Seventh Day Adventist Christian. Kumba has over 5 years of experience in the area of teenage pregnancy and issues affecting them. She is presently coordinating a program called the Enhanced Well Child Care Program. This Program was […]
Wajah Halilatu Nakoba is a young Ghanaian teacher who is passionate about reading, loves to cook and write. She helps the youth in every way possible especially the girl child. From a humble community where girls do not love formal education, Wajah organizes small group meetings for these girls as a way of contributing to […]
Martha Racheal Patten hails from Sinoe County, Liberia. She was born on September 16, 1994 to Miss Patience Baker and the late Woodro B. Patten. She is a young female leader who started demonstrating leadership ability right from her high school days where she served as student council president of St. Michael Catholic High School, […]
Sadiq Maryjane Oiza, a Nigerian, is a tech enthusiast, a digital marketer and trainer. She is also a public speaker whose prowess in the art of speaking is beyond excellent. Mary was once the Google Student Ambassador of Ekiti State University where she fell deeply in love with Education, impactation and thought leadership. She is […]
Oluwarotimi Akingbehin currently works in Finance and Strategy at Thrive Agric (A technology-driven agriculture company that works with smallholder farmers to provide them with finance, technology-driven advisory and access to premium market). She also works in Communications and Technology at La Miam Caterers (An e-Restaurant that serves working-class professionals in urban cities) She previously worked […]
Juliet Nwafor is a young Nigerian academician with over two years of experience in academic and research work in the field of sociology. Having graduated with a first class degree in sociology, she currently works as a teaching assistant in the department of Sociology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where she focuses on research […]
Issah Fawziyya Suglo Kartu is a young lady with a passion for public speaking. She is currently at the National Communications Authority as a Service Personnel. Miss Issah, on the side, is a member of the GhanaThink Foundation as Barcamp Tamale Marketing lead. Under GhanaThink, she is currently part of the organizing team of the […]
Josephine Afriyie Acheampong is a Ghanaian who has a keen interest in human nutrition, health and general fitness hence her quest to explore workable ways to be of help to the public in the area of health, fitness and wellness. Having overcome a personal unhealthy weight and lifestyle through the help of a trusted friend, […]
SANDRA T. ADEYEYE is a graduate of Theatre Arts and Mass Communication from the University of Benin, Benin City Nigeria. She is professionally certified in Media and Journalism, Storytelling and also Script writing and Film Business. She is a bonafide Alumni of the Young African Leaders Initiative – Yali – an initiative by the former […]
Zainab Deen, from The Gambia, is a 23year old female student enrolled in a diploma program in Information Technology. Besides the need to achieve professional skills in this field of study, she has developed special interest in development and youth empowerment. Outside school, she enjoys participating in forums that would build her capacity in social […]
Adenike Soyombo has over seven years experience in leadership and humanitarian services. Currently, she is a state coordinator at Mine Teenage Ministry where she focuses on teaching Godly principles, leadership skills, crafts, organising seminars and secondary school outreaches. She is also a sexual purity advocate. Adenike is the founder of Ladies with Radiance (LWR), a […]
Kaddy Jadama is from the smiling coast of Africa; the GAMBIA. She is 26 years old, a disabled rights activist, gender activist and presently studying Gender and Development at the Management Development Institute (M.I.D). She is the Vice President of Focus on Brikama, which prepares young talents through counselling and education and hosts events that […]
Esther Moses, Sierra Leonian is a Community Development worker with over 3 years experience in the not-for-profit sector in Sierra Leone. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science with a major in Biology from Njala University of Sierra Leone. She currently works as a Youth Health Training Officer. She is responsible for […]
Elizabeth Talatu Williams is a Nigerian with a big heart. She has worked in the development sector for the last five years with expertise in advocating especially for the sexual reproductive health and rights of girls, building the capacity of adolescents living with HIV on Adherence to medication and livelihood skills, contributing to the development […]
Fatou Senghore is a Gambian National and a final year student pursuing a degree in Computer Science & Technology at The American International University West Africa. She is currently interning at the Gambia Police Force as a Database administrator wherein she manages, maintains and builds Database applications. She has 3 years of work experience as […]
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