Ahwene Pa

At a market square:
My sisters! My sisters!
Come!
Come and look at a thing I dare not call woman.
But who chews bones these days?
Akosua is a monstrosity!
Ke Ke Ke Ke Ke Ke
listen to her bones rattle.
A woman's body must emanate softness and grace
But what do you hear Yaa Yaa? ?
This woman has no shame.
I wonder how 'Odomankoma blessed her with four strong boys.
She must have threatened him with her female manhood.
Here she comes. Quiet down my sisters.


Also at the market square:

Ataa you're an obnoxious woman!
The anger that boils within my bile corrupts my lungs and my intestines.
It is deep anger that cannot boil new yam but can shatter into sand, Agya Koo Nimo's guord.
Yes! My bones rattle but I can never break. I am the precious ivory bead.
So who then is an African woman? And who is desired by an African man?
Does it lie in voluptuous protruding buttocks and supple breasts?
I am sorry Ataa.
My hips are not wide but they swing with poise and grace.
My stomach is flat but beautiful
and my chest is the flat training grounds of the great warriors- the asafo.
Oh! And you look at my progeny in bewildering agony.
Oh! Ataa I can see it angers you.
You see me and you wear a frown like a clenched fist against a hard buttocks.
Your pointed lips cries for freedom from the rest of your horrific face.
I hope my words cut through you Ataa. ..but I will not give you the fight you want.
I am a dignified woman.
Ahwene pa nkasa .



Glossary:
1. Ahwene pa: quality beads
2. Ke Ke Ke Ke Ke Ke: The sound of Akosua's rattling bones.
3. Asafo: young brave warriors.

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