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Should I Ever…

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 August 2019

By
Israel Kafu Hoh
Edited by
Victoria Ellen Smith
Israel Kafu Hoh
Affiliation:
Evangelical Presbyterian Infant and Junior School
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Summary

Ne eɖi be magbe mia denyigba

Si ƒe nu medu, si ƒe tsi meno

Hafi adze dzrovi bafowo ŋu la

Dua, neyi mate afͻ.

Ne eɖi matsͻ miasi afia nye du

Kpe emeto siwo wͻ ŋu geɖe nam

Hafi egbe va zu alea, yome Ia

Đua neyi faa mato afͻ loo!

Should I ever be compelled to hate my Motherland

That fed and suckled me,

To please the common stranger –

Let the ship go, I follow on foot.

Should I ever be forced to use the left hand

To point to my town and compatriots,

Who did much for one in days of yore –

Let the ship go, I will follow on foot.

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Voices of Ghana
Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System 1955–57
 , pp. 52
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2018

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