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BOOKS BY THERESA KWOFI
Mother Africa: Thou Art A Continent A Collection Of Essays By Theresa Kwofi
ISBN: 0-9747541-3-7 Price: USD $20.00 142 pages
Time In Conflict: My Poetry Collections With An African Flavor By Theresa Kwofi
ISBN: 0-9747541-1-0 Price: USD $20.00 142 pages
A Befitting Tribute To Mother Africa Through Poetry
MOTHER AFRICA Fall 2000
Many of you don't even know that I exist
Oh! What a shame
Too many people I have welcomed and supported
And I still do
Here I am on a mock stage
Even though my breast milk is still overflowing
Rather, it is being fed knowingly and unknowingly
To ignorance
After a hard day's work---
Feeding my own children becomes an impossible
Chore---Why?
Regular mining of my many precious minerals and
Cutting down of my virgin forests
I have been left in a limbo; I have been
Crippled, bruised and manipulated for the longest
And yet, nobody seems to recognize me...
Hello---I am the 'Mother Of All Continents'
(c)2000 By Theresa Kwofi --Time In Conflict: My Poetry Collections--
EXCERPTS FROM MOTHER AFRICA: THOU ART A CONTINENT A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS
Little, if any, is known about Africa. All that, people know is that, this is a poverty-stricken and disease infested piece of wasteland whose inhabitants are always at the begging hand of the western world.
"Africa, the modern day misunderstood continent of all the continents had existed, is still existing and will continue to exist." Her raw materials come to feed the machinery of the western world and thus make her wheels of fortune turn; as Africa, unfortunately grows poor through manipulations.
What is Africa? Where is Africa? What is Africa made up of? To the misinformed folks, come and let us together, wear our intellectual spectacles so as to read and place Africa at her proper position.
*This book is written to demystify the negative clouds which hover over the continent of Africa.*
EXCERPTS FROM TIME IN CONFLICT: MY POETRY COLLECTIONS WITH AN AFRICAN FLAVOR
Each person is endowed with the Creator's talents, which include wisdom and the ability to live to achieve all these gifts and put them to worthy causes. I see myself as the vessel and you are the contents of the vessel and all together, we are sailing the high seas of reality. To the reader, may the contents of these works be your source of love and comfort, hope and faith, joy and growth, strength and courage, wisdom and humor, perseverance, inspiration and aspiration at all times. Always believe in yourself and seek for your hidden talents and gifts and use them to the fullest.
This is an all-inclusive book of poetry, which is informative, prayerful, meditative, romantic, educational, inspirational and motivational.
I promise you the reader that you hold in your hands not a boring book but a book which I am not afraid to call it the Gospels according to Theresa Kwofi.
THE AFRICAN FLAVOR--Normally, a translation from one tongue to another oftentimes loses the full flavor. The following wise sayings or proverbs from the broader Akan (Fante) origins in Ghana, West Africa, may follow the same pattern. Keep in mind that all these are literal meanings. In our Akan traditions and customs proverbs have deeper and varied meanings.
Enjoy them any way.
"Se ankasa nam ho a ewe biew" -- One ends up chewing the bone if one doesn't talk about the meat.
"Nkyen nnkamfo no ho". -- The table salt mustn't sing its own praises.
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