Akwaaba: a Ghanaian word meaning “welcome”  
Kwame Nkrumah: Leader of Ghanaian Independence Movement

akwaaba, akwaaba, akwaaba,
welcome to accra

kwame nkrumah on my coin
kwame nkrumah in your soul

(please pardon the first world interruption)

yes, i’ll trade nkrumah for
your priceless work of art
and let the atlantic soothe my conscience.

in return I will write a poem about how
lovely your skin glows
in the equatorial sun.

(please pardon the first world interpretation)

kwame nkrumah in your spirit
kwame monument in my photo

welcome to ghana
akwaaba, akwaaba, akwaaba

TrackBack URI for this entry

Comments (0)