As we mark Women’s Day what comes to your mind as a human who seeks to empower other women in Africa and beyond? I see us failing in many aspects of this long course to empowerment. Why? Many women in rural areas know nothing about self-worth not to mention self-empowerment that is why. If you […]
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THIS DRAPED VESSEL OF HOPE
I am a vessel I am that breakable but naturally mendable vessel That quenches the thirst of humanity I am the eagle I am that strong eagle Which flies miles on end in order to feed her home I am a diamond I am a diamond draped in rags I am stepped on, spat on, […]
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THE HUNGRY EARTH
Every hen must hatch They must onto their fertility latch If their desire is to live long And freely be strong. Every cock must crow No matter their blow The poor hencoop is tired of the increasing roosters And it cripples without notice of its welfare The hungry hens think of their young ones The […]
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GIVE IT TO ME; THAT SEX.
I want to have sex I want to have sex like my ex I want to have sex that stands In order to possess power throughout the lands I need to have sex as erected as the Kilimanjaro mountain This will give me power which will help my sanity maintain This flat earth puts me […]
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THE 57 YEAR OLD
It’s been 57 strong years 57 years of downs and downs Ha, Ghana must be a hell of a woman Still standing after being wobbled, Troubled, Searched and robbed, Slapped and teased, Nursed dry, Stripped naked, With sand thrown on her cushioned hair and into her bright eyes Ridden like a horse under bad to […]
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A WORLD OF DECEPTION
A WORLD OF DECEPTION.
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A WORLD OF DECEPTION
I am bamboozled Strapped in visions of the unfathomable Cajoled by frightened hummings of the wind Clothed by awareness of magnifying nakedness of grave hoodwinking Of not only myself but the world I am angry Angry by the tone of my voice Exhausted and fatigued by the stench of unscrupulous stinking teeth In the […]
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A LITTLE DIFFERENCE, SAME COLOUR
A LITTLE DIFFERENCE, SAME COLOUR.
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A LITTLE DIFFERENCE, SAME COLOUR
I am a flower I am a beautiful flower A black flower with brown eyes A black flower with red blood God really has the coolest creativity ever Now those are some flowers Those are some white flowers White flowers with blue eyes Oh, some with brown, green, yellow and black eyes Ouch! They […]
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YOUR HAND
YOUR HAND.
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YOUR HAND
We all fall down, And we rise. We all fall down, At one point or the other. We all fall down, So be sympathetic. We all fall down, It forms part of the fallibility of man. Mortals have the genes of falling, So instead of the accusing tone, Extend your hands […]
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HERE I STAND
I am standing in the mud Stretching in a huge world like a little bud As the rains of uncertainty stone me cold Yet this heart will not fold I, like the rest of the women fold fantasizes About the knight who sweeps women off their feet But this same heart has nightmarish daydreaming of […]
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A PRAYER
Oh Lord My God We’re awed By your sword That comes aboard Anytime we’re being bored By the angel who is flawed Let this sword be our claws As we aim to snore In the darkest rest Amen.
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HOLD ME
Hold me And let me in your arms be Hold me tight And let me feel like this is right Hold me as tight as you can And let me know that you are my man In the face of danger and oppression Breath in me your own resurrection Love is not a disgrace So […]
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THIS WRINKLY BURDEN
They say I am a burden A burden ready to break necks They say I am a burden A burden that sucks money Without giving anything back They say I am a burden A burden of wrinkly skin and empty mouth that swallows everything whole They say I am a burden A burden on three […]
It is God that makes them So blame it on God G1 No, it is the society that makes them So blame it on society G2 No it is the men that make them So blame it on the men G3 No it […]
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ROLLING BACK THE TEARS
I sit in awe My heart is sore My life is not in the fore Everything is a bore But fingers point at me Ancestral fingers I cannot see Societal fingers with huge eyes glare All saying one thing “Men do not cry” I have no dime This sharpness in my guts, I […]
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WHIP ME, OH LIFE.
Baby steps develops into big steps I sat before I crawled Crawled before I stood Stood before I walked Walked before I ran So it will be perfect with time Yes, no matter the situation now The same walls that laugh will look upon me with such reverence The same fear in my heart peeping […]
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SELF QUESTIONING
A new day What must I do to push myself forward in this hungry life? A life where hopelessness is attractive in its own right A life where the footsteps of rain bring sluggishness A life where money speaks and walks as it likes A life where masters and money makers are the servants A […]
“She was a witch from her childhood While the girls played She coveted the boys’ sticks While girls cried for dolls She wept for a machete and a catapult While her fellow girls held their mothers’ skirts She cut her father’s knickers to fit her I tell you, she was a witch from her mother’s […]
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GIRLS BEING FORCED INTO SUBMISSION?
She comes to me and asks “What do I have to do to be like you?” And I start in pity. “Be like me?” I ask. “Why in God’s name do you want to be like me? Everyone is unique in his or her own right. My dear” “No madam, you are beautiful, intelligent, confident and […]
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THE gODS SLEEP, THEIR CHILDREN WEEP
We have come to your shrine We have come to your shrine with our empty calabashes of thirst We have come to your shrine We have come to your shrine because there is no where else to turn to We come to your shrine weary from the many searches for food We have come to […]
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UNFAIRNESS BUT FAIR TO TRADITIONS
I lived on treasured lands Lands of my fathers I drank in ignorance of this world And saw bright stars shine under the hot sun Why? On the pathway to my father’s farm, I met Mr. Kwaku Bonsam Who greeted me with glee And touched my buttocks I told him I didn’t like that […]
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A LIBERATED WOMAN
I am a woman, Yes I am a woman A woman who forms part of the makers of human kind A woman who nurses and makes sure humanity continues A woman who refuses to be suppressed by heart wrenching relationships A woman who weeps for the sufferings of her ancestors I am a woman […]
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CAPTURED BY THE HEART
Going and going Fuming and fuming About the weather and its mood swings ‘Good morning’ is all it took And I am captured instantly Limerence? “Mate ahwe wo dↄ mu Ma tↄ ↄdↄ nsuo mu Ԑde merekↄ nanso ↄrehwԑ me hann Ɔkukudurufo bi ndom mbԑyi me ԑ?” My world is swelling My body […]
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GHANA AND HER UTILITIES
It is a well-known fact that the Ghanaian utility systems; water and electricity, is a farce. All they need is the money and all they give are excuses as to why they can’t deliver to expectation. What is most annoying is that, they will never speak with words the lay man will understand, they will, […]
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PLAY AWAY
I want to crawl, crawl, crawl, Crawl like a lizard, Hop, hop, hop, Hop like a frog Fly, fly, fly, Fly like a bird Then I’ll jump like a monkey From tree, tree, tree to tree. Then I’ll jump like a monkey From tree, tree, tree to tree. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014.
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WHAT ARE WE?
I am nothing, You are nothing, He is nothing, She is nothing, They are nothing, Yes, we are nothing. We are just seeds planted and watered We blossom Then we are plucked by the farmers Grinded, Put into colanders; Which happily squeezes every juice we have with each glass of water Then we are left […]
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DOUBTFUL MOMENTS
I marvel as to how far I’ve come I marvel thinking about how each day comes with its own thrashing Then I sing “Onyame bԑyԑ ama me Sԑ merԑ no so a enyԑ obi na’bԑka Sԑ ↄfa ne boↄ a, ↄto ne bu to na’nkↄtↄ baabi bↄne Onyame na’ra ↄbԑyԑ, oooooh Onyame bԑyԑ ama me […]
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CLUELESS
Tell me, What is in the dark? What is in the dark, That deceivers lure And receivers of passion cure? Just tell me, What is in the dark? What is in the dark, That things which cannot be done plainly Are boldly done mainly? What at all is in the dark? What […]
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IGNORANCE, A REAL BLISS.
I think about the kontomire Which must always blossom To serve as nutrients for my children I think about the farm Which must have a good yield In order to send my children to school I think about the funeral cloth That everyone is buying To attend the funeral of our dearly departed I think […]
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IN THE MIDST OF MEN
In the midst of men Tempers never last Mouths open wide Foods cry in pain While drinks sulk and wince In the midst of men Lovers’ tongues are loose Dirty panties and their wearers are revealed Women are commodities, discussed, bargained for and bought At a prize of an ego In the midst of men […]
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CURSY BLESSY BEINGS.
We come with fun But not without fun pun We are needy We are greedy But in a special way Have time for us, you’re blessed any day We are young We are yours Children all the way. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014.
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VICTORS OF THE SPERM WAR
They are accursed And it is their fault For winning the sperm war And swimming to the earth’s shore Starve them, Verbally abuse them, Chain them, Beat them, And humiliate them Because it is their fault They are accursed And it is their fault For winning the sperm war And swimming to the […]
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TEMPTATIONS RISE, DISCIPLINE FALLS
He saw the marker as their boobs, Textbook as their big nyashes, Those eyes make him nervous His tongue flips “c..raaaaas, tomay, ei, today, solly, our toprick, ei, topic” General laughter “Stop raaghing” Intense laughter And he bolts like thunder. “Why is it my fault? Why do I have to go through the humiliation? The […]
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NEOCOLONIALISM, MY THOUGHTS.
Today, let’s not dabble in research for any meaning of any word. Let’s just walk through my thoughts, then you can tell me what you think after we reach its end. Neocolonialism happens to be the indirect dominance of previous captors, or neocolonialism is the indirect rule of white supremacy, or neocolonialism is the thoughts […]
Sahada breathes, blinks and thinks for a moment about the act her eyes witnessed here in Kasimui seconds ago, did she just see a child banged to the wall, beheaded and brought back to life by the man? And look, another man is cutting himself with a knife but there is no sign of […]
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UNWANTED TREASURES.
Those are their treasures They struggled for those treasures Now you clear without measures And you laugh in your vocation They stand and gaze while their hearts are ablaze They are thinking of how to answer their location When seekers seek Break with mildness They bear the tears, love and laughter of the destitute They […]
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SHUSH!
I love the trees I love the air But I am so scared I am so so scared That I would be tied to a strong tree On a windy day being whipped by the branches of the trees As a mob of lovers turned haters chant in agreement I love the sun I love […]
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HAUNTED
I am running through a wilderness I am running through a wilderness of thorns barefooted There is this sorrowful drumming being played by a prowess Confusing me and saying in my ears ‘you are hated!’ I do not know why I have the urge to run under a sky that is moonless? Now taunters are […]
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PAINTING WITH WORDS
I want to paint you No, I need to paint you With words, Words as serene as the morning dew Words known to only a few Words ornamented with beautiful minerals that many to catch a sound cue I need to paint you With words that can break even the heart of Adolf Hitler in […]
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CLASHES AND LOVING
We are like birds holding feathers in the sky We are the bed and mattress We go no where without each other We are like the pestle and the mortar We work together and attract queer looks from passers by Yes, we clash Hurting each other And we lock in loving embrace, blocking even […]
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NO TEARS ON A RED DAY
They live in half hearts They breathe on rocky grounds They lie on filthy troubled mats Yet scream their happiness on public grounds Fret not on this day Hurt not for being kept at bay Cry not for what could have Because there is a huge possibility of happiness starvation in what could have […]
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CELEBRATION OF LOVE
I’ve conquered I’ve conquered egoistic traits That sought to battle my courtship Now I’m staring at the smiling face of the sun. I’ve been forced into heaven, I’ve been forced into the chambers of heaven, Being suckled by the mouth of a tintinnabulated angelic beast And afterwards docked in pleasurable shyness Now I share the […]
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UNCERTAINTY
I am at the crossroad Breathing the air of uncertainty With time stretching his tongue, mocking me with intensity I am at the crossroad Trimming the taunts of decision Pruning the feeling of possible mistakes And sweating profusely with fright Even the winds are telling me their choices And the voices are challenging the air […]
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THE TAMALE ROAD SAGA
If you don’t know by now that Tamale is a stress free place to live, I am telling you now that it really is. Can you ever get a peaceful place where any uninhabited lands happen to serve as a place of convenience with no strings attached to live? Can you get a place where […]
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THE UGLY TAKER
Our young years, decades ago Saw us scaling the walls, Saw us breaking the sills, Made us break all rules. We plied this route and hid under those bushes We kissed and shivered openly wavering new converts Our cocoon of sleep was never peaceful As it was kept busy even when all rekindle their fatigued […]
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LAMENTATIONS OF THE BROKEN HEARTED
I hurt I hurt thinking about haven made you my boss I hurt knowing I fought a lost cause I hurt knowing I am at a loss I hurt so much so that my heart sometimes switches to self -pause I hurt knowing all we had have been eaten by the time-moss I hurt knowing […]
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NOT WHAT IT SEEMS
Look not and gape It is hunger in abundance cover Look not at the drape It cannot afford a little mover Look not and gape It is soil in gold cover Look not and gape It cannot afford a little scratcher All the teeth have been carefully fixed Those smiles are gentle A little aggressiveness […]
Sometimes, many bad things happen to us and we ask God why. If we happen to sit down and analyse the problem without sympathizing with ourselves, we will see the blessing no matter how faint it may seem. Fear is something no one wishes to encounter, but ask me what I think about it and […]
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