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KOLA ,LONDON PROPER 12 years ago

The fool is telling you to do your home work to find the 'difference b/n Devaluation and Depreciation of money as you BOMDED AND CHOKED on the two...hahahahaha

The fool is telling you to do your home work to find the 'difference b/n Devaluation and Depreciation of money as you BOMDED AND CHOKED on the two...hahahahaha
Prof Lungu 12 years ago

3 For You
3 Ye wo Dia;
3 Para usted
3 Uku ka
Watashitachi wa anata no san o ataeru
.........

Imagine if every one on this Ghanaweb portal wrote in a language of their choice, for any reason.

3 For You
3 Ye wo Dia;
3 Para usted
3 Uku ka
Watashitachi wa anata no san o ataeru
.........

Imagine if every one on this Ghanaweb portal wrote in a language of their choice, for any reason.
nana kwaku 12 years ago

email address in fanti pleeaase!!!!!!

email address in fanti pleeaase!!!!!!
Asanteni 12 years ago

What a shame, at this age we do not even have a key-board in any off our languages, yet we are the most intelligent nation on the African continent.'Ber a oman sikas3m y33 PITSI basaa no' What is this word 'PITSI'.

What a shame, at this age we do not even have a key-board in any off our languages, yet we are the most intelligent nation on the African continent.'Ber a oman sikas3m y33 PITSI basaa no' What is this word 'PITSI'.
MUGU YARO 12 years ago

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Kofi of Africa 12 years ago

Kwesi Atta,

What an excellent discourse in Fantsi that illustrates the need for Ghanaians and Africans to write our their own languages.

Even as I praise the writing and speaking of all key issues of national importanc ...
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Kwesi Atta,

What an excellent discourse in Fantsi that illustrates the need for Ghanaians and Africans to write our their own languages.

Even as I praise the writing and speaking of all key issues of national importance in our own African languages (in courts, parliament, all ministries of state, key national celebrations, etc) the reason for saying so becomes vividly expressed in the irony of commenting in English, the language of our colonisers.

A lot of Ghanaians/Africans, including myself, can write and speak fluently in the the language of the colonisers (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, etc). Yet, struggle to read, understand and write in their own languages. For example I can read this article by Kwesi Atta, but only slowly. This is because all our leaders have made it a national policy to conduct all school and administrative processes in the languages of the imperialist countries that once colonised us. This is wrong and must be changed.

The time has come to change the above policy, to debate the use of local languages at all levels of communication. The content of speaking and writing in local languages must be increased in all our institutions of learning, and across board to all national institution.

Why? Because we will be able to communicate more fully in our own languages. The full nuances, inflections, philosophies and wisdom in-bedded in our languages will be released in all areas of communication. We can write first in our languages and translate what we say in foreign languages - just like we confidently do vise versa. All major cultures in the world write and speak in their own languages. The Chinese, Indians, Europeans, etc write purely in their native languages. It has not blunted their national development in the art, social and natural sciences. It has elevated them.

There has been major debates between literary heavy weights in Africa (Ngu Wa Thiong', Wole Soyinka, Ayie Kwei Armah, Chenua Achebe and others) on the pros and cons of using African and European languages. Ng?g? has voted with his feet and is probably the only major African writer who has stopped writing in English. He now writes only in his native Kikuyu languages:

"Ng?g? wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu pronunciation: [??o?e wa ði???]; born 5 January 1938)[1] is a Kenyan writer, formerly working in English and now working in Gikuyu. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children's literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal M?t?iri.
In 1977, Ng?g? embarked upon a novel form of theatre in his native Kenya that sought to liberate the theatrical process from what he held to be "the general bourgeois education system", by encouraging spontaneity and audience participation in the performances. His project sought to "demystify" the theatrical process, and to avoid the "process of alienation [that] produces a gallery of active stars and an undifferentiated mass of grateful admirers" which, according to Ng?g?, encourages passivity in "ordinary people".

Well done Kwesi Atta!
GAWUKO 12 years ago

Like you Kofi of Africa, it took me a long time to read throgh the first three paragraphs and then I gave up. I did not give up because it was boring but not being a Fanti (or Fantse)I had difficulty giving the right intonati ...
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Like you Kofi of Africa, it took me a long time to read throgh the first three paragraphs and then I gave up. I did not give up because it was boring but not being a Fanti (or Fantse)I had difficulty giving the right intonation to understand what I was reading. All the same i congratulate the author on what he has done. Others, like Prof. Lungu can emulate him, even if it was meant as a criticism from Prof. Lungu. This exercise will help to enrich our diverse culture. So, again, well done Kwesi Atta!
Kwesi Atta Sakyi 12 years ago

Kofi, you are a star. Your writing marks you out not only as a patriot but also as an erudite literary giant, well educated and widely read. Other commentators who are not Fante perceive this writing as a subtle attempt to ke ...
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Kofi, you are a star. Your writing marks you out not only as a patriot but also as an erudite literary giant, well educated and widely read. Other commentators who are not Fante perceive this writing as a subtle attempt to keep them out and they fume and rage. Well we should be proud of who we are and where we are coming from. That is the import and essence of writing in Fante to rub it in and send the message of being ethocentric and culturally sensitive. Thanks a lot for your thought-provoking
Kwesi Mensah 12 years ago

Please do not worry too much about those who might mistake your intent. You are actually doing a great service towards the preservation of one of our major languages in Ghana. You are challenging even native speakers like mys ...
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Please do not worry too much about those who might mistake your intent. You are actually doing a great service towards the preservation of one of our major languages in Ghana. You are challenging even native speakers like myself to re-learn and to speak/write proper (grammatical) Fantse.

Urbanization is bringing so much mixing in Ghana that it is worthwhile for every Ghanaian to know one of the major Ghanaian languages. Twi now has become the lingua franca of Accra for all practical purposes.

In any case, the lessons you have been offering are not only educative bus also so entertaining. I'm so glad that you started this and have come back with lesson 2. Y3 d3 wo ase pii na Nyame nhyira wo pii nso!
Tekonline.org 12 years ago

Well stated, Kwesi. There is a lot of literary beauty in our native languages, and by all means they ought to be popularized and preserved.

BUT, language is just a vehicle. Let's also promote our native PHILOSOPHIES and PH ...
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Well stated, Kwesi. There is a lot of literary beauty in our native languages, and by all means they ought to be popularized and preserved.

BUT, language is just a vehicle. Let's also promote our native PHILOSOPHIES and PHILOSOPHERS. I'm pretty sure Africa is endowed with the likes of David Hume, Aristotle, Lao Tsu, Friedrich Nietzsche, to list just a few. I have come across great Ghanaian thinkers and sages in the villages espousing very deep concepts of life.
Perhaps such native thoughts should be organized and put into books for posterity.

We already know about Akan proverbs and the great ideals behind Adinkra symbols. We could even go higher promoting the much greater thoughts of our people.

Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

Ankle Kwesi, from the comments and praises contained herein, I believe this article is of great value. Unfortunately, despite improving my Fante speaking as a student in Cape Coast, I still cannot read and write any Akan lang ...
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Ankle Kwesi, from the comments and praises contained herein, I believe this article is of great value. Unfortunately, despite improving my Fante speaking as a student in Cape Coast, I still cannot read and write any Akan language. Is it possible to post your Fante articles in English as well? Did I get the spelling of Uncle in Fante right? Have a nice day in Lusaka. Tell them Black Stars will beat their national team on September 6.
Kwesi Atta Sakyi 12 years ago

Thank you Kofi Ata of Cambridge. heed your advice.

Thank you Kofi Ata of Cambridge. heed your advice.
Kojo T 12 years ago

I di not get it being one of those who struggle with any language .The worst was latin . Unkr Kwesi or cousin , there is a forum for eveything. It is good to write occassionally in fantse but if you want a national or interna ...
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I di not get it being one of those who struggle with any language .The worst was latin . Unkr Kwesi or cousin , there is a forum for eveything. It is good to write occassionally in fantse but if you want a national or international audience I am afraid you need to compromise. I see the Kofi of Africa supporting this with the Kikuyu version . Unfortunately Kenya , tanzania and Uganda and others use KISWAHILI . What does that hypocrite say about that. We need to bind as a nation so when I see you and I cannot speat Efutu we cab still communicate. Just imagine us having to study all the major languages in ghana just to get bye
BJ 12 years ago

1- Nananom pow nyimpa na oy3y.
2- Santsen nny3 awer3how
3- Abrekum as3nky3
4- S3 inyim dze a, wons33 dze
5- Ekyin ekyin oky3n enyin enyin
6- Obra pa gya owura kwan

1- Nananom pow nyimpa na oy3y.
2- Santsen nny3 awer3how
3- Abrekum as3nky3
4- S3 inyim dze a, wons33 dze
5- Ekyin ekyin oky3n enyin enyin
6- Obra pa gya owura kwan
Kwesi Atta Sakyi 12 years ago

BJ ndaase pii. New Ekuma ne haw nye d3n? Oy3 adzes33fo na amanboefo no bi. Hyepo!

BJ ndaase pii. New Ekuma ne haw nye d3n? Oy3 adzes33fo na amanboefo no bi. Hyepo!
New Ekuma 12 years ago

Koborlor !! Bra fie, na gyae mboasem na mboadze a iriy3 wo Lusaka ho no.

Gyae bannkye ahaban froryi no dzi, na bra fie bedzi banku na intsitsiin froryi , na hunu nyasa kakra. Korbolo Kwesi Atta Sekyi, bra fie ooooooo tom ...
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Koborlor !! Bra fie, na gyae mboasem na mboadze a iriy3 wo Lusaka ho no.

Gyae bannkye ahaban froryi no dzi, na bra fie bedzi banku na intsitsiin froryi , na hunu nyasa kakra. Korbolo Kwesi Atta Sekyi, bra fie ooooooo tom , na gyae nkwasiasem a iridzi wo Lusaka ekurasi ho no. Nonsense . Ibordam ?
KKO 12 years ago

What an idiot! You don't ever write any sense on this forum!

What an idiot! You don't ever write any sense on this forum!
New Ekuma 12 years ago

Abodam tsitsi bin dzi. Eko Nfantse krom na ibor nbanyin foko hon dzin na s3 anbor Prof. Atta Mills a na eny3 whiiii . 'Nkwasiasem ara kwa kwa' .

Bra fie na gyae d3 itsi Lusaka ho na irdzi mboasem ak3si. Wolf 3ny3 obiala ...
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Abodam tsitsi bin dzi. Eko Nfantse krom na ibor nbanyin foko hon dzin na s3 anbor Prof. Atta Mills a na eny3 whiiii . 'Nkwasiasem ara kwa kwa' .

Bra fie na gyae d3 itsi Lusaka ho na irdzi mboasem ak3si. Wolf 3ny3 obiala , intsi gyae nkwasiasem na irikika wo Lusaka , wo Zambia paado ho no. Nonsense .

Ka waano paado na m3ny3 boadu. Toke beller . Bra fie na gyae kobolo s3m na iridzi wo Lusaka ekurasi ho no. Nonsense. Nkwasias3m ara kwa kwa .

Don't write fante nonsense on Ghanaweb. Tooochi beller. Nonsense
BJ 12 years ago

S3 enye Owura Sakyi wo as3m a, mesr3 hom d3 hom b3ka no w3 dan mu ky3n d3 edze b3ba hanom.

S3 enye Owura Sakyi wo as3m a, mesr3 hom d3 hom b3ka no w3 dan mu ky3n d3 edze b3ba hanom.
Kwesi Atta Sakyi 12 years ago

New Ekuma needs to be pitied because he does not know what he is talking about. I am more than Ghana ambassodor here helping to solve many problems of Ghanaians here and even the Ghanaian Embassy here recognises my humble eff ...
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New Ekuma needs to be pitied because he does not know what he is talking about. I am more than Ghana ambassodor here helping to solve many problems of Ghanaians here and even the Ghanaian Embassy here recognises my humble efforts. New Ekuma must be at peace with himself first and then the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall abide with him. Shalom and Salaam Aleikum.

New Ekuma 12 years ago

U see how arrogant u are ? If u u are more than Ghan's Ambassador , then come home and be President. Nonsense. 'Fante korryor '. Kwasiato.

More than ambassador indeed . Kwesi atta sekyi and u could not remember Atta mills ...
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U see how arrogant u are ? If u u are more than Ghan's Ambassador , then come home and be President. Nonsense. 'Fante korryor '. Kwasiato.

More than ambassador indeed . Kwesi atta sekyi and u could not remember Atta mills as the hero of fanteland and u se say wetin ? .

If u know how to speak and write Fante , come how and teach children rather than being a busy body in Lusaka 'ekurasi' and die in Lusaka. 'Kobolor ' like u . From Alata to Lusaka and u are not ashamed . Do u even have a poultry farm in Ghana? Let alone 4 goats. We want to read better things and not ur fante nonsense. Fool
Kwesi Mensah 12 years ago

It's incomprehensible that you have taken umbrage at Kwesi Sakyi's efforts. The abusive language you have used is highly deplorable, out of place, and portray you as having mental health issues that need to be addressed by th ...
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It's incomprehensible that you have taken umbrage at Kwesi Sakyi's efforts. The abusive language you have used is highly deplorable, out of place, and portray you as having mental health issues that need to be addressed by the appropriate medical professionals.

Have some respect for yourself!
New Ekuma 12 years ago

Look at another arrogant twerp. Tribal bigots of the same stinking mouths flock together .

If another writes frafra, daragti, nzema, ga and adamgbe won't the Ghanaweb be like the people of Babel ? Idiot.

Take that ur f ...
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Look at another arrogant twerp. Tribal bigots of the same stinking mouths flock together .

If another writes frafra, daragti, nzema, ga and adamgbe won't the Ghanaweb be like the people of Babel ? Idiot.

Take that ur fucking fante nonsense from the Ghanaweb and don't be trumulized fools. Eat ur bacon, sausage and fried eggs and thick milo and leave us alone with the h3n ara 'nkonkonkon' nonsense. Nkwasiasem ara kwa kwa
van-london 12 years ago

Please go take your medication and straighten your head. Bad manners! Probably raised by a single parent and as such not raised properly.

Please go take your medication and straighten your head. Bad manners! Probably raised by a single parent and as such not raised properly.
New Ekuma 12 years ago

Kwasiato. Instead of apologizing for dangerously propagating tribal fante nonsense on the web, u have now remembered to take ur mental drugs. Kwasiato.

Even Chinese and Igbo i better than ur fante dorkono nonsense. Kwasia ...
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Kwasiato. Instead of apologizing for dangerously propagating tribal fante nonsense on the web, u have now remembered to take ur mental drugs. Kwasiato.

Even Chinese and Igbo i better than ur fante dorkono nonsense. Kwasia ba bi Saa kwa. Next time when u are projecting tribal nonsense with the fante , u will think twice. U think all of us are primitive like u. Aboa tooochi beller.
KKO 12 years ago

You are a bl**** nincompoop.And you don't even write good English. Apart from teaching and helping in Zambia, Kwesi also taught in Ghana and Nigeria and has probably contributed more to Ghana and Mother Africa than the whole ...
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You are a bl**** nincompoop.And you don't even write good English. Apart from teaching and helping in Zambia, Kwesi also taught in Ghana and Nigeria and has probably contributed more to Ghana and Mother Africa than the whole of your dysfunctional family put together. Nyena Abowa!!!
New Ekuma 12 years ago

Bcos i want u to shed ur localized fante nonsense and embrace a more globalized concept , that will improve upon ur dark mentality, u have resorted to naked insults. What a pity with a village brute.
And ignoramus .
Supp ...
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Bcos i want u to shed ur localized fante nonsense and embrace a more globalized concept , that will improve upon ur dark mentality, u have resorted to naked insults. What a pity with a village brute.
And ignoramus .
Support that Babel twerp called Kwesi Atta Sakyi , so that he will teach u recipe for fante STEWS and how puberty rites are performed fantecally . Nonsense.

U can choose to be stupid like a dry log and wallow in ur localized fante gymnastics. Do u know how to speak Spanish and French ? Nonsense
Adongo 12 years ago

What's the matter with this SOB and his TRIBAL supporting goons?? DOES HE ANY IDEA HE IS WRITING ON "CYBERSPACE" also known as the GLOBAL VILLAGE!..And that the internet is read around the GLOBE!!..And that the internet is no ...
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What's the matter with this SOB and his TRIBAL supporting goons?? DOES HE ANY IDEA HE IS WRITING ON "CYBERSPACE" also known as the GLOBAL VILLAGE!..And that the internet is read around the GLOBE!!..And that the internet is not designed for for the sordid FANTIS..or any ethnic tribe??

HOW DISGUSTINGLY PRIMITIVE!!

Adongo
AGYA MUNKO 12 years ago

YOU CAN CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT IF YOU WANT.THE WRITER IS SIMPLY HELPING SAVE OUR INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES WHICH SOME GHANAIANS LEARNED AT SCHOOL AND WROTE EXAMINATIONS ABOUT IT.NOTHING WRONG WRITING IT HERE,I THINK. TELL SOUTH AFRI ...
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YOU CAN CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT IF YOU WANT.THE WRITER IS SIMPLY HELPING SAVE OUR INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES WHICH SOME GHANAIANS LEARNED AT SCHOOL AND WROTE EXAMINATIONS ABOUT IT.NOTHING WRONG WRITING IT HERE,I THINK. TELL SOUTH AFRICANS TO STOP WRITING SWAHILI AND AFRIKAAN TOO THEN.BE PROUD OF WHERE YOU COME FROM.I WILL SUPPORT YOU IF YOU ARE A NON AKAN TOO ......SAVE OUR DYING LANGUAGES,PLEASE!!!!!!!
BOY KOFI 12 years ago

WAY3 K3SA.

WAY3 K3SA.

Okonko Palm 12 years ago

Is this addressed to a section of the Ghanaian constituency or to Ghanaians as a whole.We have a lingua franca which is understood seemingly by all.Is this not a bigoted slant since it is addressed to only a section of Ghanai ...
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Is this addressed to a section of the Ghanaian constituency or to Ghanaians as a whole.We have a lingua franca which is understood seemingly by all.Is this not a bigoted slant since it is addressed to only a section of Ghanaians.
Kwesi Mensah 12 years ago

Okonko,

Are there not radio and tv programmes in our indigenous Ghanaian languages? Do you have a problem with any of them? Do you see them as being "bigoted"? Why the big deal now that the internet is the medium?

Sakyi ...
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Okonko,

Are there not radio and tv programmes in our indigenous Ghanaian languages? Do you have a problem with any of them? Do you see them as being "bigoted"? Why the big deal now that the internet is the medium?

Sakyi is making a small effort that ultimately helps to preserve one of our major native languages. His Fantse "lessons" are directed towards all who understand and speak Fantse - regardless of ethnicity. The lessons Sakyi is giving are not even easy for native speakers, like myself, who speak English practically all the time. I tell you also that this type of Fantse is completely different from the conversational variant that is typically spoken and mixed with English. Indeed, after working my way through Sakyi's Fantse "epistles", it sounds so beautiful and also provokes much laughter because of the flowery way this proper, grammatical way of speaking the language translates ordinary English things (nouns) and actions. It is a very rich language, that sounds very poetic and which by its very nature IS BASED ON AND CONSTRUCTED ONLY WITH POLITENESS!!!

I encourage you to start a similar effort in the promotion of your particular native Ghanaian language, if you are so concerned. If you wish to learn Fantse or any other language, please just google it and you will find free online tutorials and dictionaries. You will come across one Akan site started by a Barbados native motivated by the incidence of certain Akan words and expressions that the enslaved Africans from Ghana took to Barbados and are still in use. (e.g."basabasa").

Sakyi's efforts are not tribalist in any way. I am, first and foremost, a PAN AFRICANIST, so I owe no allegiance to any tribe! It is pan-africanist to want to preserve African languages. In the future every Ghanaian schoolchild should be made to learn one indigenous language in school that is not his/her native tongue. I urge you also to read about the Kenyan writer, Ngugi wa Thiongo, and grasp the concept he is trying to promote by writing only in his native Kenyan language, Kikuyu, since the late 70's (or thereabouts).
New Ekuma 12 years ago

Go and preserve better percentages on our Gold and oil fields and stop promoting fante korryor. Nonsense .

Is it in the 21st century that the fante wizard Kwesi Atta Sakyi has known not to mix English with fante when spea ...
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Go and preserve better percentages on our Gold and oil fields and stop promoting fante korryor. Nonsense .

Is it in the 21st century that the fante wizard Kwesi Atta Sakyi has known not to mix English with fante when speaking ? Brofolization Nonsense.

We know that already, so come home from the 'ekurasi' Lusaka and get some global sense into ur coconut . Fool .

Very soon Kwesi Atta will tell us how fante drums are played and his fante steps with margarine added. Kwesi Atta shd stop eating the bacon and sausage From Zambia pigs and he will be fine. ' Odorkon' ' Okenkey' .

Be global and ICT. 'Okenkey '.
Kwesi Mensah 12 years ago

"Gyae bannkye ahaban froryi no dzi, na bra fie bedzi banku na intsitsiin froryi , na hunu nyasa kakra."

Me nua panyin, sebiew, mma wa dwen mbra fie kakra! Gyae bodom nam hyehyee (hotdogs) onye California prakornam ne nyina ...
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"Gyae bannkye ahaban froryi no dzi, na bra fie bedzi banku na intsitsiin froryi , na hunu nyasa kakra."

Me nua panyin, sebiew, mma wa dwen mbra fie kakra! Gyae bodom nam hyehyee (hotdogs) onye California prakornam ne nyinaa ara dzi na bra fie bedzi fufu na nkatsenkwan kama!
AGYA MUNKO 12 years ago

M' NUA OBRA WO DAN NO.AFI NSO OBRA NYE WO ARA ABO.SE E TSENA FA KOR A TSENA W' ADZE DO.IYI NY3 AHORBA HYEHY3 M' PA WO KYEW PII

M' NUA OBRA WO DAN NO.AFI NSO OBRA NYE WO ARA ABO.SE E TSENA FA KOR A TSENA W' ADZE DO.IYI NY3 AHORBA HYEHY3 M' PA WO KYEW PII
JOEDUSU@yahoo.com 12 years ago

please let me know how to sponsor your efforts! well done

please let me know how to sponsor your efforts! well done
Kobena 12 years ago

Well done, Kwesi, keep it up.

Well done, Kwesi, keep it up.
AGYA MUNKO 12 years ago

Opayin Sakyi,nd3 so y3 ma wo mbo na y3.Iyi ma me hu ' d3 Mfantse kuw a )wo forum yi do no doosoon ara yie! ebio,mbo na edwuma!!!!!!

Opayin Sakyi,nd3 so y3 ma wo mbo na y3.Iyi ma me hu ' d3 Mfantse kuw a )wo forum yi do no doosoon ara yie! ebio,mbo na edwuma!!!!!!

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