Born like a kid,
Believed like a child,
Thought like a philosopher,
Depressed like a prisoner,
Felt like a sinner,
Hated like a lawyer,
Ate like a veterinarian,
Lied like a politician,
Read like a historian,
Saw like a physician,
Slept like a pharmacist,
Smelt like a scientist,
Spoke like a priest,
Heard like an economist,
Loved like a counselor,
Tasted like a rich bachelor,
Worked like a tool,
Cheated like a fool,
Walked like a diplomat,
And died like a cat.
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Author Profile - Prince Anin-Agyei
Biography:
Five questions with Prince Anin-Agyei:
Contact Prince:
Prince's Past Profiles:
March 24th-30th, 2007
Prince Anin-Agyei comes from a little town in the Eastern Region of Ghana called Achiase. He holds a Diploma in Animal Science from Thomson Education Direct, Pennsylvania (USA), and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Ghana, Legon. He is a Pan-Africanist and also a member of several international poetry societies like the International Society of Poets (ISP), International Matapoetry Movement (MIM), International Forum for Literature and Culture (IFLAC), the World Academy of Arts and Culture (WAAC) and the United States-African Literary Foundation (US-ALF).
Anin-Agyei is the author of the widely read African poetry collection entitled 'Lyrics Of Kabutu: Collection Of African Poems', which was published by Authorhouse, Indiana (U.S.A). He is also the author of two other comprehensive traditional African poetry books ('Drumbeats Of The Black Christo' and 'Rhythm Of The Dead') and a traditional African novel ('Oracles Beyond The Gods') yet to be published.
He has won several International Poet of Merit Awards, Editor's Choice Awards and Commemorative Medallions for his poetry. Some of his poems have featured in African and North American anthologies like the Eternal Portraits Series, Poet's Corner, The Origin, International Who's is Who in Poetry and The Sound of Poetry (poetry collection on CD).
Five questions with Prince Anin-Agyei:
1. What do you think is the role of poetry in modern Ghanaian politics?
Most Ghanaians don't have the habit of reading, so it will be quite difficult to send a strong political idea through poetry.
2. In "Paradox," you have chosen not to name the person who you are referring to, which proves to be a very effective technique. Why did you decide to take this route?
As a rationalist, I have always written to provoke the inner self of my readers, i.e. to get them thinking and thinking.
3. Do you think it is possible to understand "Paradox" without a previous understanding of Ghanaian history?
Whoever thinks deeply will find 'Paradox' very interesting and entertaining.
4. In your last profile, in reference to poetry in Africa, you discussed the need to "create more avenues to achieve this ultimate means of expressing our Africaness." What are these avenues you were referring to?
We must learn to have more writing clubs, societies and organizations like OGOV to champion the need of reading and reward writers.
5. What effect has your involvement in global writing organizations, such as the International Society of Poets, had on your writing?
This has exposed me to different approaches in writings and has also given me the courage and hope that African poets and their poetry is the best in the world.
Contact Prince:
kwabenatu(at)yahoo.com
Prince's Past Profiles:
March 24th-30th, 2007
The Beauty That Shines - Prince Anin-Agyei
Thou art beautiful, Kabutuwaa,
Thou art very beautiful indeed.
See how thy skin colour
Portrays the true beauty of Mama Africa.
Thou art the darkness that gave birth
To light on the day of creation,
For thy humble character inspires
Thy divinely given blackness.
She is the beauty that every precious
Hook seeks to lay the hands on.
Yes, she is the greatest beauty
That nature has ever invested in.
She is the only moon that brightens
The boiling sun in my village.
Obaahemaa is in fact the barrier
Between tomorrow and the dawn.
Even though she is at the
Other side of the moon,
The drummer shall continue
Beating in deep silence.
And if she hears the beating
Of his heart and she is willing,
She shall surely run towards home.
Let all the market women
Come along with their logbooks
And enjoy the flooding fire.
Let the drums and the rich resonant voices
Of Okyeman put their hands and throats to play.
Alert the slave master
Of this montage occasion,
For the true taste of the
Sacred calico has grown dim
And the echoes of the drizzling rain
Have erupted the volcanic mountains.
Her name is Yaa Kabutuwaa,
Born on a beautiful Thursday morning.
Offer my darling with the seasonal cloth
In its rich natural taste and sight,
For nature has nothing to gain
Except romantic visions and dreams.
Look up!
There she stands on her slender legs
In the middle of the blazing sun,
Spreading her lovely wings over my loneliness.
Call her by her name!
Sit her down!
Sing to her the secret bee's song of love
To cool down her thirsty heart.
But if my true shining beauty will agree,
Give her a place in my heart to sleep this night.
Thou art very beautiful indeed.
See how thy skin colour
Portrays the true beauty of Mama Africa.
Thou art the darkness that gave birth
To light on the day of creation,
For thy humble character inspires
Thy divinely given blackness.
She is the beauty that every precious
Hook seeks to lay the hands on.
Yes, she is the greatest beauty
That nature has ever invested in.
She is the only moon that brightens
The boiling sun in my village.
Obaahemaa is in fact the barrier
Between tomorrow and the dawn.
Even though she is at the
Other side of the moon,
The drummer shall continue
Beating in deep silence.
And if she hears the beating
Of his heart and she is willing,
She shall surely run towards home.
Let all the market women
Come along with their logbooks
And enjoy the flooding fire.
Let the drums and the rich resonant voices
Of Okyeman put their hands and throats to play.
Alert the slave master
Of this montage occasion,
For the true taste of the
Sacred calico has grown dim
And the echoes of the drizzling rain
Have erupted the volcanic mountains.
Her name is Yaa Kabutuwaa,
Born on a beautiful Thursday morning.
Offer my darling with the seasonal cloth
In its rich natural taste and sight,
For nature has nothing to gain
Except romantic visions and dreams.
Look up!
There she stands on her slender legs
In the middle of the blazing sun,
Spreading her lovely wings over my loneliness.
Call her by her name!
Sit her down!
Sing to her the secret bee's song of love
To cool down her thirsty heart.
But if my true shining beauty will agree,
Give her a place in my heart to sleep this night.
Author Profile - Prince Anin-Agyei
Biography:
Five questions with Prince Anin-Agyei:
Contact Prince:
Anin-Agyei is the author of the widely read African poetry collection entitled 'Lyrics Of Kabutu: Collection Of African Poems', which was published by Authorhouse, Indiana (U.S.A). He is also the author of two other comprehensive traditional African poetry books ('Drumbeats Of The Black Christo' and 'Rhythm Of The Dead') and a traditional African novel ('Oracles Beyond The Gods') yet to be published.
He has won several International Poet of Merit Awards, Editor's Choice Awards and Commemorative Medallions for his poetry. Some of his poems have featured in African and North American anthologies like the Eternal Portraits Series, Poet's Corner, The Origin, International Who's is Who in Poetry and The Sound of Poetry (poetry collection on CD).
Five questions with Prince Anin-Agyei:
1. How long have you been writing poetry?
7 years.
2. Who are your favorite poets? Which poets have most inspired you and informed your work?
Kofi Awoonor.
3. What do you hope to accomplish with your poetry?
Through poetry, I hope to get the imagination of my readers to appreciate the nature of life that the mind finds difficult to comprehend.
4. What is your opinion on the state of African poetry today?
Every African has the tendency to become a great poet as long as we find our true identity in our culture and traditions. For this very reason we need to create more avenues to achieve this ultimate means of expressing our Africaness.
5. What do you love so much about Ghana that makes you write about her?
Ghana is the light of Black Africa.
Contact Prince:
kwabenatu(at)yahoo.com
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