I have sufferedI have suffered from exploits and horrid huntingHuman hunters have haunted and hunted my humansTo a point where it was dauntingFunny how their ends have turned my beings to love their earnsRunning into their slave ships with their own legs III have sufferedI have suffered from heads heading as tailsParading many failsAnd splashing […]
I’ve lived three scores and moreMany who saw my birth did me, like all infants, adoreGreat expectations were their wishing choreTill youth showed me a drunken flirt and a colonial sore IISome kept hoping I’ll myself reformOthers thought they’d seen how hopelessly relaxed I was as I conformSome thought there will be nothing more to […]
You lure me in with your phantom wealthTo study my formYou use my weaknesses to wrap me around your fingersAnd use your colourless twines to make me your robotForcing me to sell my own…to help you build your estatesYou starved and whipped…and wounded and killed my blood beingsAnd had the effrontery to blame them for […]
“Shut up as we shell you in our shieldShin up as we shush you with our sharpsShould you be shot by our shooters…shut up if you’ve no bullet proof shirt”Incoherent are the words of the tricks of our polls…licking off our sanityAnd these are seen after they wrestle mandate with humility IIThese are the struggles […]
Da bi me kɔɔ nwuramu …keyinkaMe kɔ huu saman…keyinkaSaman nkitinkiti…keyinkaNa me suro o…keyinkaNa me suro papa…keyinkaƆpumaa ne tuo…keyinkaMe nso me pumaa me tuo…keyinkaƆde kyerɛ me soMe nso me de kyerɛ ne so …keyinkaAtika atika…ate pooo IAs the tides of waves dance on a sea…only to turn into bubbles at the shoreSo will a people who […]
There is an air of change blowingAnd I hope it turns into a wind for completion There are seeds of change being sewnAnd I hope they grow into trees to help in our cultural nutritionThis is finally the rain of sanityAnd we are all here for itOurs for us and oursThat is the story in […]
My grandmother taught me that power lightsTo make all brightAnd said a leader is like the moon at nightShining to help eyes see things rightDid she hide from me the power that bites? III see power which suffocates growthSeizes development and promotes hearts to loatheI see power which supports shocksHurting the weak by throwing hot […]
The Impala Lily…is now like the goat called billyWith antics reckless and sillyAnd flaws horrible and chillyThreading paths of mistakes so hilly IINow we live in the lie of lightThe flawed perfection of small salaries made big and brightNow we live in the wealth of gargantuan debtsAnd the gay sadness of abject povertyNow we live […]
We’re hereWhere we’re dragging our egosAs the air of change blows across the sex oceanWith many notions spanning across emotionsIn a continent dug deep into debts by corrupt commotions IbWe’re hereWhere questions walk out of fear…of rears steering exits as their known entrances…disgust thoughts outAs taboos write boldly on moral boards“Man cannot equal manWoman cannot […]
When I think of the energetic songs which caught earsAnd the patriotic chants which shot fearsWhen I think of the natural beauty we exchange for artificialForcing our lives to be superficialI cry the rhythms of those who sangAnd mourn the sweats of those who chanted to ward off many a fang IIWe reiterated our love […]
A. FoulB. RocksC. UrinalD. ShitE. ShitholeF. ShitholingG. IdiotH. ChariotJ. Smart 1.The chaos of the CapitolIs like an overheated FrytolDisturbed with the task of frying a watery fish…for a revered dishThe burning of the yearningSome stomachs on the churning…a big disgrace of a singing grace! 2.When did a first world run to cue behind a third?A […]
Dear dovePlease fly to the heavensSeek audience with GodAnd ask why his name flourishes not…our gameI know you’re a religious symbolAnd a messenger trusted by Jesus IIDear VulturesEvade the space of deathAnd break down its mythical doorTo get to our ancestorsAsking what their blood stood forIf you canBreak the chains of their ghostsAnd help wear […]
In this web of varied destructionsWhere death comes from internal and external instructionsAnd chaos constitutes the media’s attractionsAs blames and counterblames act hate bricks in many Afri-taunt constructionsI look back at the Gods on duty…through all the nights of robbery…reign and rule of colonialismAnd boldly state their blame IbNefariousIndignitiesGunningEsteemed,Resourced andImpactingAfricans IIThe Gods are to blameFor […]
“Take armsBased on qualmsTo kill peace and cut us into weeds in our own farmsSo we can beg, our made up owners, for almsYou greedy swarms…who hate to tow the calms! IIHow can we trust the pen…which bleeds ink and not blood?How can we trust the book…which leads fights with war?How can we trust debates…which […]
A part of mother feels very numb When news of her children molested and murdered are reported Because she is a farm untended A blessing intended And a sure blossom which must be attended …to II A part of mother feels odd When news of her regal children report them slaves For she has comfort […]
Before our rivers become a sea We need to put out smoke from the fires of hatred …with love II Before our rivers become a sea We need to shed minds Which have stored videos of affiliated cruelty …with time III Before our rivers become a sea We need riverways of trust Devoid of stumps […]
See See the work you’re piling on our history See See the problems wearing troubles fast turning scary mysteries Don’t you feel a pinch when other lands celebrate victories …through the work and truth they pour into their destinies? II I know inferiority was imprinted in our thoughts But that’s the reason many have bought […]
Horses who neigh Problems which weigh …down our growth …destroying our oath …of freedom and justice These are the main chains we need to break …to be able to wake and take our place …in the race of race II So let the horses cart their chariots Let the dogs bark their shadows Let the […]
When it begins …fear places three choices on a table 1…kneel to submit 2…act to defy 3…do nothing for a blow over That is the beautiful nonsense II When you pick 1 You accept to be a doormat forever When you pick 2 …you might stumble and get stuck over needs For an abrupt cut […]
There are beds hungry for your body touches …thirsty for your sweat …wanting to massage your priceless bodies Here …in your homes No matter how hard it gets II There are wombs wailing for your plight …hungering in fears of your fears …heartbreaking for the battlefields you’ve been dumped on …with no armours Knowing you’re […]
What is the name given to the game …a bird plays When it goes up and comes down to bath in potable water …with its contaminated body Only to hang in mid-air to shoot arrows of disgust …at the fishes living therein Calling them filth needing to be cleaned …all because of its small wings? […]
Brushing rotten teeth …bleeds out rotten blood Fire roasts minerals …to burn out hidden beauty There is no great results without tiresome beginnings Same goes for development II 1. Results 2. Obese 3. Exercise 4. Fitness III For the 2 to attain total 4 There is a need for a rigorous 3 Which comes with […]
In the eyes of many an ignorant We’re arranged like an orrange Each in our hugging line within Our African cover making a distinction impossible Blackness is our definition Tonal scenting is our stamp When we are a coalition of big farms With many cultural plantations II But we are cruely cut into …for bites […]
The world, God’s gift, Was originally a dwelling for all Without demarcation Without ownership How humans heckled hostage And carved supremacy to draw lines called borders Made a funny video in my mind Sanity made it understandable Development made it beautiful Until ownership turned vindictive Murdering beings In a nice x word, clothing a devilish […]
See the wealthy …oblivious of their wealth Wearing skins of poverty …and acting poor Dumbs beg crumbs to gift their thumbs …ignoring the harms II Oh guinea fowls acting domestic chickens …left roaming during the day …and caged at night Forget not dark holds many an ink …to plan your harm Stop being dumbs begging […]
Begin …emancipating …gross …gainers …at …roadsides …suffering II The dressing of the nation …determines its addressing in other nations So seeing buttocks turned legs …as burdened hands beg by roadsides, Seeing rotten eyes …turning in eyelids …as hoarse voices sing sad sad tunes …like Job at do or die jobs Being given notes that read […]
We are where we are Because long ago, guardian spirits went to visit the Gods …on our behalf …and came back to a locked door …with alien chants at their hunt Ib Fearing demons had besieged their people …they called on the Gods to save the people …but the people called the Gods Satan …and […]
There is everything beautiful …about a seed …blown harshly from its mother tree …luckily into the loam of stardom And fruiting in abundance …with capabilities of traveling back …to help transform …and feed the culture of its mother roots …to the world Beyonce has blown us beyond say II There is everything loveable …about the […]
I see I see sameness in variation One in many and many in one If only minds will see same II I see I see blackness in shining armour Swords of words and words of arrows If only hands will use III I see I see colours weathering on same skies In a bond that […]
You’ve been ate a lion’s eating Your pot licked clean like an asanka of a famished seer Even the veins in your womb have been drained of blood Which shares your hope to other parts of your emaciated body Why won’t every child come sensely vacant? II You’ve been ate a lion’s eating No wonder […]
Walking back into the deserted forest of the past I see sands of regrets Watered by sweats of ghostly marathons in vain cheer With tears acting as pickaxes Digging gullies on once promising lands Gullies draining dreams conceived from enthusiastic sacrifices How I wish mouths stayed behind on journeys of death! II Look at fingers […]
Once upon a time Our land was a loamy rhyme Our airs sang for happy trees to chime A bite was meant to tease tongues from lime But all that, now, means no dime II When the cloth of colonialism Met the scissors of independence And freedom apparels were carefully tailored by hope Little did […]
I know the throat can nag And force a king to lie on a rag When its demands for water through its pipe is not met II I know the stomach can thunder When its bond with food is put asunder Giving in to any bet III I know eyes close not When their vessels […]
The clock of change ticks Transforming in shockaholics Yet many feed after thorny pricks In places whose geography elude mapachronics Living healthily by the green waters of kontomire As others blinkardly gobble dead fishes in oily rivers II Gone are the days when elderly buttocks Filled seats before their young Gone are the days when […]
When a yard is given Extending to a mile is a given Then some come in needful farm Regardless of the harm II When a gate widely opens Even mosquitoes can turn royals Dictating to owners when to sleep and what to keep Of course the malaria virus becomes a necessary tag III Draw a […]
Pity our land A land arrested and tamed Into a free wild horse on its very habitat Sat on and dragged with so many heavy things Fed crumbs from our own pots Oh cry! Cry for our land! II Pity our land A land with so much yet thinks so little And was confined by […]
For a country whose hallmark is peace, it is sickening to see the manner in which the two major political parties are conducting themselves barely a day after elections. The impatience, the “taunts in call” which receives immediate response, the declaration of “leads” and “winnings”, the pain of watching as supporters’ temperament rise in tension puts […]
Humans are known to be political animals. The saying did not exclude women from this saying but in Africa, reality speaks volumes of backing the notion that “men are the real political animals”, talking about men, not the Biblical ‘men’ where women are included, just the men in the gender state. It is sad to […]
There was a time When stories, like scary whips Ruled the consciences of growing heads Declawing the roaring Un-canining monsters Lighting dark hearts Strengthening the weak Shaping faults into saintly vaults Spirits in story clothes! Did we leave them for myths undecipherable? II Our ancestors were wise So wise in most That we could actually […]
From Algeria to Zimbabwe Only minus Morocco The strong 54 stand like a team Combating like dedicated soldiers on the battle front Cool huh? Thank you Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana For your visions which birthed this union II Although little mosquitoes are proving difficult in battle Undemocratic regimes shielded in greed stand as your […]
A good love is like the sun and moon A part sleeps when a part is at post They appear even if they vanish for a while Always smiling A good lover hunts for happiness For the one who holds the time of his heart And will gladly lay down his life with a smile […]
No matter how tight A rope ties a tree In order to see the face of the sky In ambitions to tie the sky To see the heavens It coils back to hug The head of the tree After realizing the sky gives no ladder II We of the “dumsor”clan Danced to the disco rhythms […]
There is a Pan African anger Which has created many an avenger So much they want a changer With one body, they work like a fate arranger They curse the foreign endanger And say their faith is our freedom exchanger And our old gods imprisoned for their baby in the manger Who is a complete […]
When I ‘broke my hand’ And sought a band Nana and Maame met in a band To sing tribal tunes II They started by singing of Ewes And how they are named after an animal And raised their vocals like daunting pianists To sing tales of the wickedness of the animal tribe Their love for […]
THE STORY OF THE PIKWORO SLAVE CAMP A man went to Navorongo looking for a place to stay. The people gave him a vast piece of land. Little did they know that he was a slave trader. The people named him Nania Pikworo meaning, “a bush man” in the local language. Pikworo established the […]
Once upon the time There were no claws to lazy rhyme All heeded the call of work in their prime And corruption gained nothing, not even a dime But now even steering banku has become a crime As dead foods do the fresh ones mime II Once upon a time Cotton flew and danced with […]
When the cage of colonialism caught Africa And the whips of inferiorism caught black minds Some wrestled with their fists Others bickered like rivals of foolishness Some hid like lions with their tails in between their legs Oh some worshipped hoping to break free You stood like mountains with minds they sold And developed muscles […]
Stitching skins Fixing bones Like one with God’s hands She lives like sickness’ feared zone None dares to look for any ills In her body territory But sicknesses know the saying A cat is best suited For the safekeeping of meat So what she healed Crawled like dying snakes Into her being and gained strength […]
Asaase Abibire! Sit on a listening stool And answer your queries Maybe, just maybe, you might convince your host II Why do you boil egos of your masculines Until they attain unbreakable statuses in negation? Why do you create those Who destroy their earth routes And kill spirits who aim to make their names immortal? […]
Wisdom, pull out your canes of sanity Kingdom, whip up your thoughts of humanity Enlightenment, fire up your thunders of knowledge To create internal laws In minds like caves of cannibals II Mornings, sprinkle your light sun to lure sanity III Afternoons, fire up your pins of light to soften minds as hard as stubborn […]
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