Ashanti village
home of chiefs
kings and queens
guarded by a warrior
timber and gold
farms of cocoa and tomato
waiting for the harvest
A rainbow over Kumawu
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On the Road to Kumasi
Trucks and cars passing by
this rainy day going to Kumasi
past villagers selling their goods
lush vegetation plantain & banana
small mountains in distance
no naked flame the sign reads
no bush meat for me
as we travel on
mindful of where we are going
what we will do when we arrive
Labadi Beach
Labadi Beach
is a jumble of plastics
horses and hawkers
boys playing soccer
dark bodies
tall concrete fences
with signs
don’t pee on me
Oxford Street Accra
Open 24/7
high end shops
compared to Jamestown
stop for African cloth
(Get use to someone
trying to sell you something
cuz everybody out to make a cedi)
billboards KFC as we
travel on down Oxford Street
no time for chicken
Mandela’s Mango Tree
Mandela’s mango tree
is planted here
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
Accra in Ghana
The trees of the park
are of nations
presented to honor Nkrumah
first president of Ghana
leader of independence from British
scholar economist educator
founder of University of Ghana
His burial here
so we don’t forget
Pan-Africanism
Organization of African Unity
Neo-Colonialism
where he points the way
into the future
The trees of nations
grow in the park
their roots mingle
share nutrients
absorb rains
off the coast of West Africa
Looking Down From the Burj
Looking down
world’s tallest building
don’t miss this
while in Dubai
go early or late
when the sky is clearer
Burj Khalifa
Fastest elevator takes you up
124 floors in 60 seconds
