Maya Angelou: The Poetic Mistiness of Death 2

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• TEXAS COWBOY 9 years ago

  WHAT A GREAT WOMAN SHE WAS - WE WILL ALWAYS MISSED YOU . RIP

  WHAT A GREAT WOMAN SHE WAS - WE WILL ALWAYS MISSED YOU . RIP

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• Kwesi Atta Sakyi 9 years ago

  How could you remember all those great Ghanaian oldies, plus plus, to pay this august woman this great tribute? That hi-life Obra, by Nana Ampadu....... I salute you. May our Grandma go well to the land of our ancestors.

  How could you remember all those great Ghanaian oldies, plus plus, to pay this august woman this great tribute? That hi-life Obra, by Nana Ampadu....... I salute you. May our Grandma go well to the land of our ancestors.

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• francis kwarteng 9 years ago

  Dear Brother Kwesi,
  
  Thanks for your nice words.
  
  I am only following in your footsteps, Brother Kwesi.
  
  Have you forgotten you're a great wordsmith yourself?
  
  You have no idea how great writers like you make us wa ...
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  Dear Brother Kwesi,
  
  Thanks for your nice words.
  
  I am only following in your footsteps, Brother Kwesi.
  
  Have you forgotten you're a great wordsmith yourself?
  
  You have no idea how great writers like you make us want to write better or to improve upon our writing all the time.
  
  Anyway, Sister Angelou deserves all the accolades we can throw at her. Regarding the oldies, I have a bunch of them by my bedside and listen to them as I write.
  
  These old tunes (palm-wine highlife, roots reggae, etc) put me in a different mood whenever I write.
  
  To tell you the truth, I cannot wtite effectively and poignantly without them, especially roots reggae.
  
  That said, kudos to you for the beautiful tributes in behalf of Sister Maya Angelou.
  
  Lest I forget, Brother Kwesi, I saw a 1991 black-and-white picture of Amiri Baraka and Maya Angelou dance on Langston Hughes' remains at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
  
  All three, Amiri Baraka, Langston Hughes, and Maya Angelou, count among the world's gifted writers. I strongly believe their works should be part of the educational system across Africa. I guess you know what I am driving at.
  
  Here is the link to the beautiful picture (Title: "THE STORY BEHIND THIS BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF MAYA ANGELOU AND AMIRI BARAKA DANCING"):
  
  www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/the-story-behind-this-beautiful-photo-of-maya-angleou-and-am
  
  
  Thanks.

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• Kwesi Atta Sakyi 9 years ago

  Francis, I also like oldies, especially Ghanaian highlife and gospel but I do not have many of them. I rather have oldies of the swing era and please listen to Louis Satchmo Armstrong, Louis Prima, Harry Belafonte's calypso, ...
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  Francis, I also like oldies, especially Ghanaian highlife and gospel but I do not have many of them. I rather have oldies of the swing era and please listen to Louis Satchmo Armstrong, Louis Prima, Harry Belafonte's calypso, Don Carlos, U Roy, John Holt, Bob Marley, Margaret Singana, Rosetta Tharpe etc. Thanks for the link. I will check it out.

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• francis kwarteng 9 years ago

  Dear Brother Kwesi,
  
  I surely will.
  
  Thanks very much.

  Dear Brother Kwesi,
  
  I surely will.
  
  Thanks very much.

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• Fiwisintin 9 years ago

  Very informative – a detailed summary of most of Maya Angelou’s memorable moments, significant events and unequalled achievements. Thank you for sharing!
  After trials on earth, after her joys and celebrations, I sent her ...
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  Very informative – a detailed summary of most of Maya Angelou’s memorable moments, significant events and unequalled achievements. Thank you for sharing!
  After trials on earth, after her joys and celebrations, I sent her off in spiritual gladness, in typical Ghanaian festivity. Still, I wonder, at the Junction of Life Everlasting, did she turn left to a Christian world of Eternal Peace ever after, there to sit at the feet of a ghostly Holy Trinity that demands Hallelujah choruses and obedient servitude in exchange for blissful peace, or did our Mende daughter, this our bold Warrior Queen turn right, heading straight to confront the wrath of Shango, Nangai, Vodun, and all other Mighty Spirits, creators of powerful African empires - now non-existent but for the rubble - for we Africans, did bid heritage good bye when, like children with a new toy, we swapped our Spiritual Essence for a slave-trading missionary’s Book.

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• francis kwarteng 9 years ago

  Dear Fiwisintin,
  
  Thanks again for your kind words.
  
  Your poetic statement here is as powerful as the rich legacy of Maya Angelou.
  
  Thanks. And have a great weekend.

  Dear Fiwisintin,
  
  Thanks again for your kind words.
  
  Your poetic statement here is as powerful as the rich legacy of Maya Angelou.
  
  Thanks. And have a great weekend.

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• GIRLS SP 9 years ago

  The imbecile Kwarteng is there agian to trade in stupidity. The hypocrite cow, Francis Kwarteng will never learn.

  The imbecile Kwarteng is there agian to trade in stupidity. The hypocrite cow, Francis Kwarteng will never learn.

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• Brother 9 years ago

  One best tribute to one and many. Thanks Brother Kwanteng once more for keeping the quality beyond the usual 'rubbish'. I probably align easily with you because I cherish most of your topics. Look at the likes of Blacks fro ...
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  One best tribute to one and many. Thanks Brother Kwanteng once more for keeping the quality beyond the usual 'rubbish'. I probably align easily with you because I cherish most of your topics. Look at the likes of Blacks from the diaspora who came down to help build Ghana? Look at that era and its architecture,the passion, the love for duty.

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