I think a mosquito bit Nelson Mandela An anopheles mosquito He caught it But saw it as waste If he killed a mosquito which could not give him back his blood And so he let it be Such a mistake it was II So this mosquito went ahead to breed And bred barbarisms Lazy cocoons […]
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BRAINS WITH EAGLE WINGS
I wish I can be an arrow Which could pierce without sorrow And enter into brain marrows Of those who cause humans sorrows But I am like all They fall and I fall They call and I call They stall and I stall Shadows of shadows of shadows! And the shadows are painful arrows! II […]
With this current news of the xenophobic attacks is hidden chaos that the rioters fail to notice and I’ll go straight to the point. South Africans are also in other African countries working and owning properties, the message being sent to them is to burn them alive, kill or sack them from their countries, won’t […]
Scars of slavery Scars of rebellion Scars of half freedom Scars of neo colonialism Scars of coups Scars of internal wars Have now given birth to Scars of terrorism Scars of brutality With these many scars How can we still not feel the experience? How can we not pull the clothes of togetherness on our […]
Gone are the days When Ghanaian children feared ‘kakai’ Now only villagers, coastal children and children with naturalistic parents get to bath in natural waters What was a swimming pool then? An anachronistic thought II Now, ‘mpotompoto’ and ‘coco’ Are for the villagers and children with grand mothers Ei! With the lac lac lac in […]
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AFRICA! YOUR HISTORY?
Tears of children rise From empty stomachs Wasting energies without For innocent faces to get visitors of drowning tears, And you sit on thrones fighting superiority? II Africa! Many enterprises die Killed by lack of energy foods School children embrace darkness And shun learning Through no fault of begging books And you, on high pedestals […]
When hands suffer to beat drums And parched throats wince as they taste rums Feet must be whipped when they stay calm II As the hands make the sounds Let the feet do the rounds Like possessed by the gods who watch III Africa is a dancing god Africans are dancers for the sun and […]
When hunters’ hunts unveiled her She sat in mystery like the virgin she was Adorned by great forests Clothed by beautiful trees Surrounded by caring rivers Being serenaded by great seas As she sat on the much need riches Scared at first, they sought to shoot Then realized her worth And sought to take They […]
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LIKE AN AFRICAN?
An eating habit Freeing the soul and taste bud In tongue-land like eagle wings Could do all good Any day the sun shines, dims, blurs or goes to sleep II I don’t live like a grasshopper! My tongue might run like an alien But the same tongue runs smoother like the native I am Who […]
The road prostitutes Letting all vehicles through Why doesn’t she have a voice? Poor roads, Even in rain, you accommodate all In heat, you are accommodative of all No rest for you? Like a helpless beauty, you lie As your beautiful flower is being flawed By layers and layers of ungrateful tires The washing bays […]
Once in a flowing dress I walked along the sea in duress Hoping the breeze would help caress My soul, and tow the wrecked pain on my mind Then I saw her; A woman of women and men With hair like protective bush Too beautiful with no room for transparency A face like God Looking […]
Many talk of Africa The poor poor Africa The dessert placed Africa Mother of bushes, poor Africa The wild rearing Africa The illiterate realmed Africa The ill bred Africa The jungle Africa No! I am in Africa Born and bred in Africa Knows its boundaries, this Africa Feel its warmth, sweet Africa I have tasted […]
Professor Yaw Darko Hated Mr. P aul Arko He claims he copies westerners While he epitomises Africanness II He wears African colours And hates all foreign “shudders” He speaks in African tongue And so feels among III He fights Mr. Paul Arko Who is not like he Darko Because he wears foreign And drives cars […]
On winter’s tail Africa has stepped, Stopping snow in its tracks Getting a hold on cold II Little did Kwaku know This luxury is found only in the Belly of Africa Africa goes no further III He runs for pastures Hoping to attract good gestures But falls into the hands Of snow and onto the […]
I How I love my soobolo Sitting chilled sweetly This fresh drink from Africa Cools the heart nicely II Leaves generous with colour When it meets waters Sugar and ginger powder ‘Wisa’, its perfecters! Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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POOR “AFRI” POOR “CA”
She lies like the vast ocean Knowing not her tenants’ mission With five legs and 49 intestines She feels like a Frankenstein’s Monster She created a world for herself And stayed back watching it glow But the glow turned into tears which flow Without a […]
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WE STILL FIND TIME TO CARE
In the heat of the sun And the shame of the poor Amidst the problems which stand tall And the pain with no gain Even on the market which sells the bad And the faces which are made sad With the many viruses walking […]
Africa is not a bush It is also no country There aren’t people living on trees Houses, mansions, great architecture And great minds are found in Africa Which including its Island Nations Are 54 countries in all Africa is a continent Like Asian […]
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IT WAS NATURE IMMACULATE
Upon their touch Innocence developed eagle wings And flew to a city of no return Upon their touch Nature became an artificial lion Roaring in pollution of bodies Upon their touch The gods were thrown like rotten meats Into the den of hungry […]
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SINFOMAHIACS
They sit on the fury of the gods And fan them to snooze Everyone is onboard this sin against the gods Some watch as some touch The symbolic tails of the chained seer To hide their sins under its fur Some sip from the calabash of hatred Others eat from the earthenware of […]
I chew groundnut in its shell I eat maize on its bell Okro in my stew flows from my backyard Plucking plantain is not hard Getting cassava just needs a tool If I want, I’ll eat like a fool Pepper calls to be plucked As tomatoes’s lipstick aims to seduce… Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 […]
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A STROLL IN AFRICA
In my idleness and tiredness Of hearing the screams of pain, I decided to take a stroll in Africa And what did I see? I saw indifference chewing an unmeasured stick Sitting on our wall, watching and shaking its head I reached out but it had sold its ears to disappointment And had thrown […]
The winds which blows Knows no greens It takes the yellow And angrily pluck the greens You my dears are being plucked unfairly But you are gallants Who will be hailed The fevers burn So does my heart Your blood boil and flow through facial holes Eyes which watch cry in pain We’d love […]
It is registration of voter ID cards in Ghana and politicians scuffle to make sure everything is in order, whatever that means I do not care. What I want to know is are measures in place for the National Commission for Civic Education to teach the young ones and those who vote […]
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IF AFRICA IS A SHE
That will be one saviour appliqué
So she lies like a helpless bulldog
Being dug, cut and licked like a dog
Her beautiful features are giving way
Giving way for horrific skin which cannot sway
She is the punching bag of all desperadoes
As her bodyguards always play the rondos
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I REMEMBER, IN AFRICA
I remember,
I remember my love for darkness
For grandma sat on her story throne
With trickles of fire-lights showing her face
And deepening the darkness at her back,
Like a muse, she poured down all the secrets of Kwaku Ananse; the spider
Who like a chameleon, went from doing good to being bad
And from being wise to acting foolish
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PRIDE DESERVING A BOASTING
Sauntering in gutters Abysmal whiffs walk proudly and shatters Noses, avoiding hoses, holds hands With flies which feast happily on caked defecations As the mosquitoes sing happy melodies on me A toad takes advantage of darkness and winds The throats of others to make them bullhorns to fit the situations Situations of the lantern […]
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EFFUTU MYTHS
Stories are told of a man Who had many eyes on his head Which made him the sun Leading his people to a place where a voice is only heard By him, a voice of settlement His mysterious life Living under the world of a hat Was unraveled by his weak wife While lying […]
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A SATIRE OF PAIN
The baboon wears pig hair, Wears squirrel clothes, Wears penguin feathers, And keeps snake countenance But when it is offended at any count It screams aloud and says without shame: “It is because I am a baboon” The chameleon blends all colours With every change, Behaves like a statue When chaos wakes, Acts like […]
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YOUR OWN BE YOUR OWN
He says he will wear no “fugu” He will never drape himself in “Mmarintama” Neither will he wear “Ahenemma” He will always look smart in alien shirts and trousers And his well polished shoes will command the respect of all He emphatically said these wrappings are fetish The drapings of his fathers and forefathers She […]
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MARKET PALAVA
Noisy chattering Hands clapping Metals chiming Smells fighting In the Kaneshie market Beings crowded Strength reigning Weakness falling Lovers walking-hugging In the Kaneshie market Second-owners plotting Market-sellers watching Owners clueless As valuables vanish with mystery In the Kaneshie market People fighting Others insulting Some watching Some excitedly talking In the Kaneshie market […]
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IN AFRICA, LONG, LONG AGO
Good days have walked Good people have talked Good writers have chalked In Africa, long, long ago Children were born right Children thought of sin with fright Children stood while adults sat bright In Africa, long, long ago The younger, the older respected The older, the younger corrected The older, the younger good […]
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HIS EXCELLENCY CORRUPTION.
Corruption wears the platinum and golden crowns And sits on thrones even royals are forbidden to sit In many parts of the world Wearing and changing frequently by day many expensive apparels Being driven in the most expensive cars With many servants licking his feet In the hopes of many favours. Corruption is a fierce […]
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MY WORKING MONKEYS
I am the lion who sits on the throne I am the lion who can have or lose it all and end up without even a bone That is why I have the monkeys Who must do all the dirty works that will give me riches’ key I am the lion who sits on […]
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DIGGING THE DIGGER
Once there was a farmer Who saw no danger in karma He dug and hit with hammer The gold for all to murmur Owners started to murmur Oh, there were some members in Burma They came, caught and took the hammer And he begun to stammer “Errrm, errm, errm, mama! Please spare my […]
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POLITRICISM
So the big hotels suddenly have owners of power And the huge monies suddenly walk into the pockets of beings without reasons And men with little powers suddenly develop wings flapping them in the eyes of their host And others decide on catchy and a insulting phrases to tag their masters in reality And people […]
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BLESSED OR CURSED
I have seen the sun set countless times I have seen all the quarrels between the sun, moon and stars I have seen all throw many needless tantrums There is no human tsunami-trait I have not seen There is no juicy abhorables I have not heard There are no wheels of change I have not […]
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AFRICAN MEN ARE MEN
Women cry not to be beaten And their aggression only goes to an extend of the verbal In Africa Women cry not to be killed But their fury only goes to the extent of holding and shouting, Most women in Africa do None can beat a hot blooded man And go scot free In Africa […]
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TELL ME A STORY
Tell me a story Tell me a story so sweet and fresh Tell me a story undiluted Tell me a story from times past When the trees provided the sound as the waters spoke Tell me that story from when the birds met as a choir to sing only cheerful songs Tell me a story […]
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I NO GO MARRY MAN
Ebe 2014 I no go marry man. I no go marry man De reason be say, I no no wetin e fit do for me. 2014 man want woman wey have im job wey pay well well, Sotaay she go fit buy im own tins. Dem dey want person wey dem go fit cheat well […]
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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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SHOWING RESPECT IN AFRICA
Respect is when you see an elder standing in a bus and offers your seat to him or her. Respect is when you see an elderly or a rich person and bow, speak in low tones and mostly agree with what they have to say. Respect is when you do not talk back when […]
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AFRICA UNITE?
We cover things with things A little wind clears for the tsunami A smaller scandal paves way for the bigger That’s why the Afros are struggling You say, I say The work remains You sleep, I sleep Our money is locked You take, I take and all is spent Africa unite! Africa unite? When individual […]
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THE DIRTY BEAST
There goes the woman With foamy dirty hair And a naked dirty air There goes the woman Captured in her barefooted leer In her place no one would want nothing but sneer But her strength dazzles the captors who see it as rare Wanting felicitations from their peer Who also want a taste of this […]
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BLACKIES AND BROWNIES’ COUP
Come together ye black velvets Come together all ye brownies of saints And stage a coup; A coup of freedom of thoughts and behaviours of hate Equip yourselves with powerful guns; Guns loaded with convincing word bullets Learn to be perfect Be perfect for the shooting ahead Learn to fight, fight for the extinction of […]
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CAN AFRI? QUESTIONS OF A TODDLER
Must we aim to please others but not ourselves? Must we aim for the meat without hunting for games? Must our skin reflect our thoughts? Dark is doom, is that it? Are the naturals we see turning our environment into a jungle? Yes, imitation has landed some of ours in the back But what happened […]
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