Fear Man (Suro Nipa)

Fear you man’s guile

He is vile

His every move interpret a wile

Be on your guard all the while

Life’s journey, a long mile

Never despair, conquer with smile

Thereon, you will triumph over the pile

Never bitter and rile

Nor jealous with bile

With smiles, file sorrows away in style

Better still, smoke away bitterness as in a

Funeral pyre

And in the pyrotechnics,

Exude bliss and blithe

Notes: In Ghana, names such as Diawuo, Okukuseku, Obinim, Kumnipa, Bonsam, among others, are given to remind us of the vile nature of man. It is also captured in Kweku Ananse folk lore, where the prima dona, Kweku Ananse, epitomizes everything cunning, dishonest, objectionable, despicable or to be deprecated.

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