Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Ghana.
To Ghana our hearts and souls belong, our dreams of old and new. Your sacred grounds receiving our libations as you did our mothers and fathers.
Hopes never faltering while heeding the wisdom of the ancients.
The sacred drums will beat as we feed from our mothers’ breasts
While our fathers nurture our visions old and new against all odds.
With perseverance, trust, honesty, keen foresight and compassion
We pledge our commitment to a prosperous and brighter future.
So watch over our tomorrows until you claim us back again
Lest we forget, lest we perish.
Some attention to Life: Ghana At 50..By Rev P E Adotey Addo
Hopelessness is sitting on the roadsideAnd chewing cola nuts
That stains your teeth.
The beggar without passion
Walking the empty streets at night.
A sparrow at the birdfeed
Picking up scraps of faded dreams.
And the pills that help you last through the night.
Hope is sound and tested.
The unborn that will know life
Never wondering in the cold night to get
Where the time is past and late.
Dedicated to all who hope to see Ghana at One Hundred
Dying To Reach The Promised Land :Ghana At 50
..By Rev P E Adotey AddoThere is no secret to hide,
Communications are instant
And global to villages large and small
No more hiding from these influences
As they transcend fortifications
Built to prevent those from outside .
Desperate to reach the promised land
Amid sufferings injuries and death
They scale fences and deserts .
Lurking in shadows that are not there
To wait for a chance and a time .
Risking lives over and over again
To reach the promised land.
They leave homes with one aim
To return home some day with riches .
We never know of the ones who failed
Maybe it takes luck and who can blame them.
The brave die first to get their share
And the rest become statistics.
The news never reach home of those who left.
To look for the promised land that never existed.
For the masses of people who blaze dangers to immigrate to other lands
