A song of the Ashanti people from Ghana, humorously pretending to sympathise with the poor chicken which is always used in sacrifices.
Fowl, condolences, poor, poor, poor fowl;
Fowl, condolences, poor, poor, poor fowl…
Oral Poetry from Africa
Filed Under: Protest & Satirical Poems
A song of the Ashanti people from Ghana, humorously pretending to sympathise with the poor chicken which is always used in sacrifices.
Fowl, condolences, poor, poor, poor fowl;
Fowl, condolences, poor, poor, poor fowl…
Filed Under: Poems of Gods & Ancestors
An Ashanti poem from Ghana, an extract from a drum poem in praise of the river God Tano, addressed as “Kokon Tano” and “Birefia Tano” (see also Drum Address To The Earth Spirit).
The path has crossed the river,
The river has crossed the path…
Filed Under: Poems of Gods & Ancestors
An Ashanti drum poem from Ghana. The poem is praising the Earth which supports us in life and receives us in death.
Earth, condolences,
Earth, condolences…
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