Ga People: Reclaim Your Lands from the Banditry Elites

*By Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, Ph. D.

“Some beneficiaries of the State lands… include the Chief Justice, Mrs. Georgina
Theodora Woode; Mr. Freddie Blay; Mr. K.T. Hammond; Ms. Irene Naa Torshie Addo;
Hajia Alima Mahama; Ms. Oboshie Sai Cofie; John Evans Atta Mills; Letsu Michael
Kwasi; Prof Kofi Awonoor; Peter Nanfuri; Edward Kojo Salia; Martin Amidu; Dr.
Kobla Gbedemah; Mark Woyongo; Mrs. Maureen Adadevoh; Roland Setsaafa Agbenotor;
and Alfred Ayivor. The rest are James T. Addico; George Nikoi Kotey; Ridwan
Brimah; Dr. Assibi A. Amidu; Kpodo Seth Kwaku; Kublenu Herbert B.; Kassab A.
Aheel; Koranteng Edmond Kwadwo; Kaku Kyiamah; Maj. Mohadini Yahaya; Alhaji
Afatogma Abdullah; Group Capt Kilba; and Miss Salamatu Alhassan” (Abridged from
Ghanaweb, October 13 & 14, 2010).

Ga gods, ancestors, people
Arise from your paralysis
You’ve been pushed into the sea
Your ancestral lands are lost
Stolen by the vampire elites
The educated banditry elites
Thieves who wield pens
Oh! Their historic viral theft
Oh! State-massaged thievery
Oh! Sanguinary elitist thieves
Elites of national lunacy
Elites of national follies
Elites of dreams deferred

Now we know all
Darkness is long past
The sun is on us
Bright rays of truth
Now we know all
The land-thieves
Are not only Akans
A gallery of “Northerners”
A gallery of Ewes
A gallery of NPPers
A gallery of NDCers
Land-thieves and all
Ga people tell them all
Tell them to leave your lands
Tell them to vacate your lands

Fight for your lands
Ga people, Ga Nyorjmo
Ga ancestors:
Ayi
Ayikuma Teiko Bah
Ofori Tibi
Tetteh Ahene Akwa
Teiko Tsuru
Sabah Osepree
Amugi I
Tackie Tawiah I
Tackie Oblie I
Nii Amugi II

Ga gods, ancestors, people
Fight for your lands
The good people of Accra
The people of Chorkor
Nungua, Labadi
Teshie, Tei-man (Tema)
Prampram, Ga Mashie
Shai, Ningo, Kpone, Osudoku

Ga gods, ancestors, people
We know the thieves
The pen-wielding bandits
The elitist thieves
Educated mercenaries
Destroyers of the dream
Of our postcolonial dreams
Of our aspirations, optimism
We know the thieves
Educated bandits
Of their cargo-cult mentality
Of their predatory bent
Of their carcass-ing assets
Of wielding thievery pens
Deadly pens
Stealing state money
Stealing state furniture
Stealing state curtains
Stealing state cars
Stealing state tractors
Stealing state scholarships
Stealing state taxes/duties

Now we know all
The elitist thieves
The elitist bandits
The pen-wielding bandits
Stealing lands, land-thieves

Ga gods, ancestors, people
Arise from your paralysis
Reclaim your lands
Your ancestral lands
Stolen by the elites
The banditry elites
The vampire elites
Killers of the dream

*Akadu N. Mensema, Ph. D., is a nationalist Denkyira beauty. She is a trained
oral historian cum sociologist and Professor in the USA. She lives in
Pennsylvania with her great mentor and teaches Africa-area studies at a college
in Maryland. In her pastime, she writes what critics have called “populist
hyperbolic, satirical” poetry. She can be reached at akadumensema@yahoo.com