Hearty Garlands By S.O.H Afriyie For a person who has lived as longAnd one who, as well, has done much As youLife’s whole process blooms into stark beautyAnd failures give…
Synopsis of Martin Owusu’s The Story Ananse Told In The Story Ananse Told, Martin Owusu presents a richly woven folktale narrated by Ananse, the cunning trickster figure of Akan oral…
Structure Of The Poem The poem is a description of the dire aftermath of war and pollution that is sinister to man. It is composed of 3 stanzas and 19…
Breast of the Sea By Syi Cheney-Coker After our bloody century, the sea will groanunder its weight, somewhere between breasts and anus.Filled with toxins, her belly will not yield new…
Synopsis of The Marriage of Anansewa Author: Efua SutherlandGenre: Romantic ComedySetting: Postcolonial GhanaStructure: Four Acts In The Marriage of Anansewa, Efua Sutherland presents a satirical and humorous story centered around…
In the traditional play Ananse in the Land of Idiots, the titular character, Ananse, ventures into a foreign land and uses his cunning to manipulate his way into power and…
A PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE STORYTELLER’S TALE STAGED AT THE SCA THEATRE ON THE 17TH -19TH JULY 2025 The play was directed by Felix A. Gyimah, a final-year directing student…
POETIC DEVICES 1. Simile “Beat him soft like clay” (l. 2) 2. Hyperbole “Booted the whole house awake” (l. 9) 3. Rhetorical Question “What business of mine is it/so long…
THE POEM Not My Business by Niyi Osundare They picked Akanni up one morningBeat him soft like clayAnd stuffed him down the bellyOf a waiting jeep. What business of mine…
STRUCTURE OF THE POEM The poem can be read as an ode to Night, which is personified throughout the poem. Night is organized in five stanzas of three lines per…
