creative writing – Page 2 – mr

Would You?

By: mr_asante January 6, 2015January 6, 2015

short storyAfrica, art, creative, creative writing, Dansoman, friendship, Ghana, money, short story7 Comments

After the game, the King and pawn go into the same box. (Italian proverb) Abena walked past the porridge seller right in front of the only Ecobank bank in the Dansoman area. You would think the loud thumping of Daddy Lumba’s Abin Woha seeping through the vulcanizing shop down the bank’s road would distract her.…

Finding Fusena

…David Nyame!! We thank you for this mountainous edifice of food prepared by our very own in-house Chef, Kwabena Poison – The best Chef inside Dansoman. Dear God, we ask you to bless the farmer, the cooker and the eater! May3 fu nsh3 ma mpenpenso). (With one eye open) Ah the Holy Spirit has seized…

THE ANANSES: CHRONICLES OF SISTER AMA

By: mr_asante January 4, 2014January 6, 2014

Little MusingsAfrica, art, comedy, creative, creative writing, folklore, Ghana, Kwaku Ananse, sister ama, The Ananses, West African folktales19 Comments

NTIKUMAH… A not so long time ago, when my husband, Ananse, was still slim and sexy and I bedazzled with my lavishly long natural hair, he was the bearer of all wisdom. He being the ‘smart’ lad kept all of the world’s wisdom in a pot instead of his head. We fought about this issue…