Typography: Yɛnsankɔfa
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Yɛnsankɔfa
Written and Translated By: Nana Kwame Sakyi Owusu
Language: Twi, Ghana
From the of the African Poetry Anthology
Category Archives: Poetry
Poems with their translations
Ɔgyaa ne ba no sii fɔm, Fufuo no mmeneeε –
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