Ghana@50 part I

So i've been wondering. Must we all tow the line? where lies the diversity that brings beauty? is it still the same old fantacy democracy? well...

anyway, so i've been wondering still? do you ever wonder too? how about this: how did you become a citizen of your country? For all i know I bear a Ghanaian label through no fault of mine. no doubt it brings nice feelings though especially when i watch the Black Stars shine! Kwame Nkrumah is a name i love to be associated with and there again is Kofi Annan of our time.

All well and good; but if i choose not to jubilate because Ghana has been in existence for 50 long years but instead say a prayer and reflect on all the reasons why some men decided to define a land boundary called Ghana and rope us all in, there must not be a problem with that at all.

i hate oppression! and i hate colonisation - (the kind of thing happening in Iraq currently- and don't tell me Bush seeks to bring Iraqis Freedom) but nationhood that brings limitations to the basic human spirit is not something i could be a fan of. The world is a big stage. I must feel free to live anywhere i want to and to relate to whoever i want to at any point in my life. You want to talk about Patriotism? well, the world for me is my country in spirit and form and I'm a patriot of the whole world.

So what is the big deal if I am a Senegalese and i choose to celebrate Ghana@50. ahuh! that one sounds good to your ears huh! well...i still insist there is beauty in diversity. whoever on this earth chooses to celebrate Ghana@50 should do so without inhibitions and likewise the reverse.

Do i hear some people are unhappy and actually want to stop others who want to pull a parallel celebration of some sort on the same 6th of March? well... to be continued!!!

man

To Home

It's the title of my latest poem 'penned' last sunday. well i will be sharing more as you read...what am i saying? neva! mind. i really did not know how my first blog line should go like.

Hurray and i've made it. wow! i've done my first paragraph of blog without really knowing. i underestimated myself i guess. i really did not reckon i could do well with a blog till now. Now the time IS come!

The fire's started...i swear!

and you EOP! dare you not try to stop me...you can't stop me...i swear on your forehead...i swear!

Ok, nuff said. So hear we go. I will be sharing with you my picks on issues from AAAAAAaaaaaa to da ZZZZZZzzzzzz. by the way anyway, did they say today is Vals? well what happens between today and the next such as today's date? Ultimately, it is hoped that we learn to appreciate and respect differences that point towards home. So to home i call you to come with me....

enjoy....

Come with me
Let us retrace our path back to the homeland
The motherland

Let us go
Far and far away from all the polythene they call civilisation
The mass pollution

Let us go
Away from all the gun shots and bombs...The wars
Away from all the greenhouse gases and toxic
The mass destructions...Global warming

Come with me dear one
Take my hand and let us go

Let us go home
Home...
Where the air is fresh with life
Where we can reconnect with mother earth to give birth