Once upon a time, Mmoa ApɔnkɔWere submissive servants to all animalsThey served all without discrimination but Pigs screamed to authorities “ma wɔn nkɔ”Calling them all sorts of names including unanimalistic animals IIAnd so many other animals began to treat them like mmoa aseSaying they don’t deserve to have lives like theirsThey began to kill them […]
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HE WHO HIDES TO PLAY
Once upon a time, an akura…hid inside a small hole in a duaTo taunt and bully an Agyinamoa IIHe insulted him and called him kuraseniHe haunted him and said he, Akura, was an onyanseniAnd dragged Agyinamoa as an ofoaseni IIIThen a thunder did strike and divided the duaOnly to expose the little AkuraWho fell into […]
WHY GYATA HUNTS HUMANS
Once upon a time, aboa AgyinamoaLived with Gyata under the same roof in KoramoaThey were the loved pets of a womanAnd did everything to please her IIOne day, Agyinamoa saw Gyata…devouring one of human’s nguanHe went straight to her and reportedThe humans were livid because their nguan kept getting missing IIIThe humans chased Gyata into […]
THE CHAUVINISTIC APONKYE
Once upon a time, aboa AponkyeLived his life disrespecting his wife by not even giving her akyeHe cheated on her, insulted her and disregarded her as a real aponkyeMany advised him to desist from his behaviourBut he insulted and asked them not to be her saviourUntil he got lost one day due to his misbehaviour […]
THE END OF ENVY
Once upon a time, aboa GyataRuled a jungle whose systems to all ɛfataThough everything was going well, some animals haboured anibereSo they plotted and waited for their emereAll the jealous animals consulted AkuraFor ideas to, as it were, overthrow Gyata IIAkura told them to set the jungle on egyaAs that is the only thing that […]
THE ANGELS WE LOVE
Once upon a time, aboa ƆkramanBecame friends with AkokɔTo spite aboa Agyinamoa because the latter claimed their target had no subanSo they were bent on going to places that Agyinaoa ntumi nkɔTo alienate him completely IIThis was because Akokɔ said she knew Agyinamoa to feast on ne mmaAnd felt he could hunt to kill her […]
THE HORRORS OF SHAMING OTHERS
Once upon a time, aboa SonholiSaw Kɔntutu and spat in a town called FoliSonholi went on to insult KɔntutuTook a basket and made sure he did it butuAnd went ahead to taunt it IISonholi called Kɔntutu atantandeɛCiting her hairless neck as ahuhudeɛTaunting it until she wept kro kro kro kroSome Nkokɔ advised him with empathetic […]
LION IN SHEEP SKIN
Once upon a time, an OdwanSought the mandate of the jungle to become Ɔhene of the ƆmanThe people saw his humilityAnd equated that to his leadership abilitySo they gave him the mandate to ensure their own peace and liberty IIHardly had a day gone by did OdwanStart to radically change things in the ƆmanMaking his […]
ASIKAN KANKAN
Once upon a timeWaterAirStoneAnd trees were siblings in a higher realmThe creator gave them equal powers…over humansAnd asked them to protect and safeguard humanity IIThey worked side by side without complaintsScheduling duties to normalize their responsibilitiesUntil normalcy generated into a burden IIIOne dayAir suddenly accused his siblings…of doing less than he does for humanityThrowing tantrums […]