*By Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, PhD
Massa: Eh! Boy, long time no see
Boy: Eh! Massa na true long time oh
Massa: Ah! Good morning, how are you
Boy: I dey oh! Massa you travel again
Massa: No, see my face! Life hard here
Boy: Ah! You know hear new greetings
Massa: Yeah! Good Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Boy: Ah Massa, eno be that koraa
Massa: So whetin greeting be that
Boy: Ah! The new greetings in town
Massa: Whetin be de that, Boy
Boy: Massa you de speak Twi
Massa: Ah! Who no dey speak Twi
Boy: Okay, ME MAWO DUMSOO
Massa: And whetin be the response
Boy: YAAA MAHAMA
Massa: Ah! Ghanafo be wicked funny
Boy: Hmm! We de cope dumso dumso
Massa: Okay boy ME MAWO DUMSOO
Boy: YAAA MAHAMA
Massa: ME MA GHANAFO NYINAA DUMSO
Boy: YAAA MAHAMA OH
*Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, Ph. D., is a nationalist Denkyira beauty. She is a trained oral historian cum sociologist and Professor in the USA. She lives in Pennsylvania with her great mentor and teaches Africa-area studies at a college in Maryland. In her pastime, she writes what critics have called “populist hyperbolic, satirical” poetry. She can be reached at akadumensema@yahoo.com. My poems and essays on Ghanaweb and elsewhere must not be reproduced in full or in part for any academic or scholarly work without my written permission.
