Ashanti Poems - Poems about Ashanti

... Soothing tune from the pawpaw stick flute. I chant along with the crowds "nana oo nana" In recognition to kings of ashanti kingdom. Royals worth their weight in Gold, As am Awed by a culture that never gets old. I dine with the king......Read More

...unced [t??i], or Akan Kasa) is a dialect of the Akan language spoken in southern and central Ghana by about 6–9 million Ashanti people as a first and second language. Twi is a common name for two former literary dialects of the Akan languag......Read More

... I am.... An Ashanti warrior A Bantu dancer I am a Yoruba royal clothed in my Asooke Dancing Adowa and kpalogo to tunes from wulo......Read More

...The Ashanti, of Ghana, say that "rain beats down upon a leopard skin, but it doesn't remove the spots". Methinks that ri......Read More

...I felt my name slip off his tongue Before he even thought to consider Whether to pronounce it Ashanti Asante or Asanti Oh Queen Nanny, let them be Pitch black warriors made night their playground and pounced o......Read More

...yde or Die chick straight from around the way, hood do u like her bold claimin she got that good, good like Ashanti or would u prefer her mysterious, sexy, ladylike and classy u want a lady in public but can straight......Read More

...m their eyes. The bond was broken; a negro was concocted without the spirit of Ghana, the Warrior King, and the Ashanti, the pre-colonial backbone. Should we not push as a woman in nativity for the renaissance?......Read More

...d and asked her, “Where are you from?” I pretend as if I didn’t see the gun – but from my chest comes the sound of an Ashanti drum – bum-giddy-bum, bum-giddy-bum. ......Read More

...n rivers To reach the Kwahu Plateau Forested, rich and lush Our lands of me, to you Our followers grow in number Ashanti, Kwahu and Akyem Warriors of their tribes Teenagers to men We hear in the distance The sound of beating dr......Read More

...history of laden shame? Given freedom to be animals, animals we exist For we had no Saturnalia before in our forest. Ashanti dance, yes, but assimilation all the rest Except the costume, mask and colorful dress These were mere exterior......Read More

...olate or sepia And when I dream there in the unblur Stands my ancient, my vast begining, pride Like a Serengeti from Ashanti to Zulu lure O this child has many kings in his inside And yet no kingdom did I claim but the bush That surro......Read More

...SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS JUST A GIRL IT INVOLVED A BAD MAN, & IT RESHAPED MY WHOLE WORLD A NEW SET OF DEMO......Read More