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Kipepeo

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  • Kipepeo View all from Jose Chameleone
    Kipepeo
    Jose Chameleone
    Swahili
    4:37
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=3CT85KwHDcU
    Joseph Mayanja
    2006

Skipe Kipe kipe
Kipe Kipe kipe (3x)
skipe Kipe kipe
Kipe Kipe kipe (3x)

Hook
Guno gwenkubye (Leero!)
Bakadde nabato basituke (Leero!)
Guno gwenkubye (Leero!)
Abebiwato kabasituke (Leero!)

Chorus 2x
Ay Mama ekipepeo oh
Kipepeo oh oh oh kipepeo ohh!
Ay Mama ekipepeo oh
Kipepeo oh oh oh kipepeo ohh!

Sika ye mogya

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  • Sika ye mogya View all from Pat Thomas
    Sika ye mogya
    Pat Thomas
    Twi
    7:15
    1
    Patrick Thomas
    1994

Chorus 2x
Tie ma menka nkyerɛ wo dɛ
Sika nyɛ aboa dɛ ma wɔkyere no
Sika yɛ nipa ampaara
Sika yɛ mogya (4x)

Verse 1
Sika yɛ mogya (2x)
Sika yi yɛ mogya ampaara
Sika yɛ mogya (3x)
Ɔnni wo hɔ a, na ɛyare
Ɔnni wo hɔ a, ɛntum nyɛ hwee
Ɔnni wo hɔ a, ɛntum ndidi mpo
Sika ɔyɛ mogya ampaara
Ɔnni wo hɔ a, anya anigye
Ɔnni wo hɔ a, ɛntum nyɛ hwee ae
Me nua e, sika yi yɛ mogya ampa a
Sika yɛ mogya (2x)
Sika ma ahoɔfɛ
Sika ma anibue

Osebo

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  • Osebo View all from Kojo Antwi
    Tattoo
    Kojo Antwi
    Twi
    5:21
    1
    Kojo Antwi
    2006

Me deɛ ei, mehu wo a
Na ɛyɛ me sɛ, mensere kakra
Ɔdɔ yɛwu ei, wobɛn me a
Na menim sɛ, ɛnnɛ ɛda na adwuru yi
Na sɛ wosɔ me mu a (2x)

Woanyane ɔsebɔ a, ɔte me mu no o
Ɔte me mu no o

Ɔdɔ, mmɛgyegye me
Sɛ wonim sɛ wontumi nspɛlle a, mentwerɔ
Wonim sɛ ɔbaako foɔ ntwere ɛtamfoɔ
Nti bɛboa me
Na sɛ wofe m'ano a
Ɔdɔ, wofe m'ano a

Wanyane ɔsebɔ a, ɔte me mu no o
Ɔte me mu no o
Ahoɔden wɔ me mu no o

Wanyane ɔsebɔ a, ɔte me mu no o
Deda no o
Wanyane ɔsebɔ a, ɔte me mu no o
Deda no o (2x)
Wanyane ɔsebɔ a, ɔte me mu no o
Deda no o
Deda no ma menso ntumi nna bi ɛ (2x)

Ɔdɔ krɔ

Aduu sumo akwadu

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  • Aduu sumo akwadu View all from Lucky Mensah
    Aduu sumo akwadu
    Lucky Mensah
    Twi
    4:43
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKkY70Iwf-c
    Lucky Mensah
    2004

Chorus
Aduu sumɔ akwadu o
Ɔpuro sumɔ mmwɛ
Aduu sumɔ akwadu o
Ɔpuro wusu ɔgɔ nu
Manya me dɔ na sɛ mɛwaa no a
Oh, mongyae me
Mese me bɔfrɛ n'abere na sɛ mete madi a
Oh, mongyae me
Aduu sumɔ akwadu o na ɔpuro su papa o
Sumɔ akwadu o na ɔpuro su papaa te

Anansesem - the culture of storytelling

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Originally written on June 15, 2005

...Sounds on da ground and seens on the see-ins

One of the Ghanaian TV shows I truly miss is 'By the fireside'. This show consisted of popular actors like Maame Dokono (Grace Omaboe) Wofa Yaw and others telling Ananse and folktale stories which were acted out by enthusiastic children with singing and dancing. I never got the chance to act in any of these 'By the firesides' but at one point in my life, I never missed an episode. As I grew older, I wasn't too excited to watch the show, maybe because I felt I was growing out of the 'storytelling audience bracket'. However, after listening to Pope Skinnie's Anansesem and admiring the storytelling prowess of Okomfour Kwaadee time and time again, I really miss the show and would absolutely love an Ananse story by the fire side on a quiet evening in some random Ghanaian village. And in Twi, of course.

Abofra bo ngwa

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  • Abofra bo ngwa View all from Kojo Antwi
    Afrafra
    Kojo Antwi
    Twi
    4:41
    Kojo Antwi
    1999

Yɛkasa kyerɛ wo na sɛ woantie a
Ɛneɛ na ɛsɛ wo ara
Ɛsɛ wo ara
Yɛtu wo fo na sɛ woantie a, na ɛsɛ woa (2x)

Verse 1

Ɛyɛ musuo, ɔpanin ka, na sɛ woantie a, ɛyɛ musuo
Ɛyɛ musuo, apɛtuprɛ su anadwo a, ɛyɛ musuo
Ɛyɛ musuo a, ɛyɛ musuo o, ɛyɛ musuo (2x)
Tu wo fo, na mantie nti, monhwɛ m'awieyɛ o
Ao, maame e, ɛna, wo buo ni o
Asoɔden nti, menni ɔkamafoɔ
Ebuoo, na mereyɛ no dɛn ni o
Obrɛtuoba, adeɛ atɔ m'ani e
Metu m'ani a, ɛntɔ obiara anim o
Dasuo ahiri me a

Afofanto

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  • Afofanto View all from Kojo Antwi
    Superman
    Kojo Antwi
    Twi
    7:11
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvHoII8tHY
    Kojo Antwi
    1998

Afrimata (4x)

Chorus
Afɔfantɔ e, yie, yie, yie
Ɔde n'ahoɔfɛ agyegye me o, yoo, yoo, yoo
Afɔfantɔ e, yie, yie, yie
Ɔde n'ahoɔfɛ agyegye me e, yoo, yoo, yoo
Aboa ɔkyere me e, aboa ɔkyere me e, yie, yie, yie
Ɔde n'ahoɔfɛ agyegye me o, yoo, yoo, yoo
Aboa ɔkyere me e, aboa ɔkyere me e, yie, yie, yie
Ɔde n'ahoɔfɛ agyegye me o, yoo, yoo, yoo

Afɔfantɔ e, yie, yie, yie
Ɔde n'ahoɔfɛ agyegye me o, yoo, yoo, yoo
Afɔfantɔ e, yie, yie, yie
Agya e, agya e, maame e, yoo yoo yoo

Verse 1
Me deɛ, mese mada, sɛ na me nan gu abɔnten
Mese manya ɔdɔ pa, sɛ na m

Konkontiba

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  • Konkontiba View all from Obour
    Atumpan - Obour.com
    Obour, Samini, Shee
    Twi
    5:48
    1
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhaKanM9vmQ
    Bice Osei Kuffour
    2004

Hook (2x) Obour
Wai deɛ ɔsua, menim sɛ ɔsua
Nanso ɔno ara na mepɛ
Wabie biribi so akyerɛ me
Ama mereka ahyɛ a, ɛnhyɛ

Hook (2x) Shee
Ɔno ara na ɔrepɛ a, kɔfa ɛ (2x)
Anka aber kɔɔ, nanso ɛnnɛ deɛ, yɛte ne bunu hyɛ

Chorus (2x) Batman and Shee
Aboa konkontiba, aboa konkontiba
Ɔrebɛnyini ayɛ kɛse na wadane apɔnkyerɛni
Aboa konkontiba, aboa konkontiba
Merebɛnyini ayɛ kɛse na madane apɔnkyerɛni
Aboa konkontiba, ɔrebɛnyini ayɛ kɛse

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