I am because we are
We are because I am
Have said it before but I AM really from kings and queens
I am from small villages and big cities
I am from black eyed peas cornbread and greens
I am from yams, and jollof rice, and plantains
I am from the water, I live for the water
I am from the sun- the warmth, the rising and setting- yellow and red sometimes the pinks and purples too,
I saw the colors that night on House of Chiefs Road
brings tears to my eyes
The beauty
I am from love and Eva, Vivian, and Joe
The beat of the drum it reminds me I am in Ghana
The warmth I seek is here, I am the heat
I am now one with the bus, lol, we get on, we get off. Listening to Kwasi (master musician) on the drums, and then the atentenben (the flute) and don’t forget the frikyiwa (the thumb bells) And the voices of the men and sometimes blessed by Gifty’s voice too.
“Hello, hello Ghana hello Ghana hello,hello Ghana hello Ghana”
I am because we are
We are because I am
By Qiana Otieno Rudek
July 31, 2022