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THIS SADNESS – For Nana Gyan-Apenteng

This sadnessThis sadness of seeing a different you…smeared and draped in gold…down to leanHas drained some life out of me This sadnessThis sadness of seeing you aloneOn your last bedAs a show for all who wish toWhile adowa dancers and drummers display Has left a gap deep down in my soul For you were and […]

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NANA KWASI GYAN-APENTENG

I heard some unsettling news in the morning…which put me in mourningAce confirmed it…and I had a fitI walked through one of Tamale’s storms under a student’s umbrella in the heavy rainsAnd reached home tortured in my brainsLeft wretched with worrying pains IIIs it the Nana with laughter so infectious…and a heart so precious?Is it […]