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New Martyrs Rise
When hearts meet fears and flee And groans turn to songs as dirges Where brides must sing of joy – When indigo streaks our faces – *** When stolen voices become Serial callers with borrowed...
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IN THIS CUE
We are in a cue We will dock when we’re due There is nothing like immortal few And there’s no one to really sue Let the natural tongue speak of life’s curfew CHORUS “Mere bi bɛba Nↄti bɛkↄ nↄte mu Ama...
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SCATTERING AFRICA
All are mad From all corners Real or fake Intermittently, we are crazy Causing havoc and chaos All over our continent II Sea of sacredness Over the crust of the continent Under the guise of a great man...
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What South African Brutalities May Spark
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...
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THE SUN SITS
Shivers in rivers which quiver Chanting in rants which amount Bouncing in announcing which pounce Twinning alikoto, dancing of Akoto, The sun sits on the golden stool II Tongues of longs so strong...
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WHEN SAVAGE MONKEYS WAKE
I wish my fingers were a huge cloth Then I could cloth this shame of Africaness So heads can walk on shoulders As the filth stays in II We are now zombies Loving our horrid features On screens of walls...
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PRAYER OF GOSSIP
God, I call I, Your creation, Planted on black sands, call I thought loamy grows best But apparently, I thought wrong II We shine in light, Oh what beauty! Why then do mine portray their minds Like...
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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...
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MANDELA’S MOSQUITOES
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...
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CANES OF SANITY
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,...
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FOR THE GHANAIAN FLAGSTRESS
Thoughts soo advanced Have descended the stairs of the earth Hands so talented lay still Refusing to move, even when danger announces its coming Theodosia Oko! II She married the colours Red, gold,...
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HE WHOM SUMMER BURNS
He whom summer burns Seeks shelters under rivers When winter’s sun calls for setting II He whom winter “pneu-moans” Stooges under the skirt of summer Crying fie on winter as he gathers dry woods III...
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WE WERE AFRIS WHO CAN, NOT AFRAID
We were when they were; Our velvety black skinned ancestors Think of how nature bathed us In wisdom In laughter In wealth Wealth so left to sit in protection Think of our great dances As we dined with...
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THE GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE CODE OF CONDUCT, SATISFACTORY OR CONFUSING?
The school system in Ghana, to me, is flawed in many ways. So much that many teachers find themselves in weird situations which make no sense and it leaves me wondering. The code of conduct of the...
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COOKED FROM THE AFRICAN POT?
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...
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TWISTING IRONICALS
Teeth of black golds Please sharpen yourselves on ruthless stones And get ready to chew Chew By all means chew II Start chewing from the skulls Which aim to take you there Yes, break those skulls Use...
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LISTEN TO SHEGEE’S NEW TRACK “LET’S GO” FEATURING RASHID METTAL
Good songs beg for listenership and having listened to Shegee Styla’s new album titled “Let’s Go” I am inclined to share it with all you lovely followers of amoafowaa.com. The song is set in the slums...
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HIS ROLE MODEL
Boy: Ataa Ayi is my role model But I aim for higher For no soul must get me Until I retire Minister: How dare you? How can you aspire to be Ataa Ayi? Boy: I am now a being with shadowed tongue What is...
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WHAT WE ARE
We Working like horses Can rise like mountains To look down on the flowing rivers Of poverty II We Together like bees Can be highly equipped To battle alien soldiers Of corruption III When wires of...
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A RED MAY DAY
“Amoansene Ayie ase anibre Owuoyiaw” Marks of red Why are we in a red May Day? Grumbling workers! Feeding on their skins Swimming in debts Roasting in hunger And fuming in anger! “Aniwa aniwa abiri...
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THWARTED (HAIKU)
Gifted hands do plait Armpit hairs forgetting head Attracts public eyes Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
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PIETY IN RAMADAN (HAIKU WITH A TWIST)
All ablutions apt Proud pious people praying Bow before Allah II Aboabo is chaste Showing good of Ramadan Abuse? Forgiven! III I remember a Day after Ramadan left Its footsteps were heard IV Abudu just...
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NOTHING IS FAIR
The tree that is processed Into toilet tissues Did nothing to see and feel such horrors Nothing is fair II Nothing is fair The land which gives us food Did nothing to carry horrors of its gift Really...
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DILUTED
I Long long ago Behold and lo We were in the skies Flying in blissful highs Waters were wine Food were handed to us straight From the hands of the earth, no bait And the airs told tales of...
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AT THE HEART OF DAGBON
Running sweats conceived by mating muscles and mobility in tiredness *** Chapped skin like burstings of mud zones whipped by hot sunshine *** Palms calloused like the skin of a rough tree displaying...
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KNOWLEDGE UNTAPPED! (CRAZY STANZAS)
Water left untouched for long, stinks Foods rebel by punishing noses When left for long But some people need plain words To decipher the little words From the mouth of this small calabash II Knowledge...
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OMAN MMRATU
REFRAIN: Sɛ ↄman yi bɛyɛ yie a Na efiri me ne wo Sɛ ↄman yi bɛyɛ yie a Na efiri yɛn ara Na efiri yɛn ara Firi agyanom ne nnanom akuafo, akruufoↄ kosi aman mpanyinfoↄ so Na efiri yɛn ara Na efiri yɛn...
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FAITH
I challenged a student who just completed high school to write a poem on faith. I am actually surprised she did this in a matter of 30 minutes: Many find it difficult holding on to me I am defined as...
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REPUBLICAN CAGE
We wail Cursing those we hailed We hunger Blaming our thought-heroes for death danger Maybe we are like a breed of animals Who stash weeds on thrones, neglecting the propers, Only to climb with their...
View ArticleLIFE IN ISEYIN WITH ROYALTY
Arriving at Iseyin in Oyo State for the Ebedi International Writers Residency was pure bliss. The house was located in a very convenient place. It had a quiet ambience with trees blooming with...
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