Author: Nanadadzie Ghansah
The Eternal Warriors
One particular untitled piece of his struck a chord in me. I contacted him. He said it was inspired by a picture he once saw.
I told him his untitled painting that was inspired by a picture he once saw, had inspired a poem. He allowed me to post the painting and the poem.
I call it…
The Eternal Warriors
Inspired by an Untitled Painting by Edem Dedi
With the signature helmets on,
Those with the pointed horns,
They come prepared.
Loin clothes tied,
And bras strapped on,
They are ready to go.
Cocky and self-sure,
They stand tall and unafraid.
Hesitant yet quite curious,
Their minds search and ponder.
Patient and open to all,
They are adventurous and brave.
The blotches of color,
Dancing across the canvass,
Are as diverse as their roles.
Each day they fight —
For themselves, each other and all women.
For their families and their nation.
They are forever the Eternal Warriors.
There is Light Ahead
August 19 is World Photo Day!
Let’s all try to inspire a better world through the images we capture daily. Let us capture stories of strength, hope, love, empathy and the joy of living.
In this world that can be so dark at times, let’s capture images that say…
“There is Light Ahead!”
Don’t Call Them Bankers
Don’t call them bankers!
They are just mean old fraudsters,
The Yankees call them banksters,
Plundering deposits like mobsters,
They are nothing but tricksters,
Belong-behind-bars gangsters!
Don’t call them bankers!
They are unrepentant scamsters,
Egomaniacal, selfish hucksters,
Selling pain like quacksters,
Full of sweet lies like shysters,
Belong-behind-bars gangsters!
Hey Mr. Banker!
The pain you caused is monster!
This nation you do really pester,
Seek to plunge into a disaster,
You must really be a doomster,
Behind bars you must, you gangster!
© Nana Dadzie Ghansah 2018
Reflecting
She stood alone lost in her thoughts, oblivious to a world that kept spinning around her endlessly…she closed her eyes against the rush of the stark reality, looking pensive…
“Reflecting”
It’s Stealing, Stupid!
From the Freestyle Series comes #11: “It’s Stealing, Stupid!”
In Ghana, the man who takes a goat that belongs to another is a thief but the one who steals millions from taxpayers is corrupt!
Don’t call it “corruption”! Call it what it really is: STEALING! THIEVERY! …and hold these men and women accountable, just as you would the man who stole the goat!
Stand With Her!
Enough is really enough!
GHC 8,000,000,000.00?
Into The Unknown
What is life but a march along dark, curvy tracks…
“Into the Unknown”
Lock Them Up
Ghana Banking Crisis
It is high time!
#Wetaya
Misled!
‘Akufo-Addo was misled, new AMERI deal off’ – Gabby’s Statesman reports
That word “Misled”…loaded!