Thursday, May 14, 2009

Quasimodo dies in the City of Accra

Ghanaian old wives’ tales will tickle me to tantrums on any given day. Whooping and living it up with Kiz, his Barbs and Lil Girl on a muggy, grey Saturday, the gloomy, gravid clouds gave way, and, then, they gave us rain. I had just been observing to Kiz that the Adenta sun seemed the most fiery in Accra; almost vile and volcanic. Outside, it was splashing and slopping cats and dogs, but the sun still shone through. Kiz chirruped that a hunchback had just died! I was rallying to be horrified, when Barbs confirmed that Kiz was only flipping folklore on its head. A traditional belief, wow! The rain let up for a while. Guess what was said next, in jest, when, presently, the Sun-Rain came down again: Wow, they bury them fast these days! He’s funny, my friend.

10 comments:

  1. Lol. He is funny, your friend.

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  2. Dear antye504,

    Yes, he has a great sense of humour, does my friend.

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  3. Eish NY,
    I am reading more into the chemistry of friendship depicted here.
    It appears to me that you guys are a jolly bunch of free spirits doing your very best at extending the boundaries of urban legends. No?
    Friends that I can relate to!
    Bless !!

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  4. Posekyere,

    "Jolly bunch of free spirits" just about describes it. I'm sure we can relate to you (and your free spirit) too! :-)

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  5. A hunchback had died...wow. I guess it is quite rare with rain and sun at the same time then. Lovely tale.

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  6. Lol. Thats very like Kiz!
    I heard that sun and rain means ghosts are doing some shopping in the market!...there's a rhyme even. Hehehe.

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  7. Yes, that's Kiz. Terrific man!

    Would like to hear that rhyme!

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  8. The rhyme 20savvy speaks about is, if i remember correctly...

    nsu retɔ
    ewia rebɔ
    samanfo ridzi gua

    nsu retɔ
    ewia rebɔ
    samanfo ridzi gua.

    traslation:
    it is raining
    it is shining
    ghosts are shopping.

    :) i actually used to sing it when i was a kid.

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  9. Thanks, Esi! Interesting, and I vaguely remember it too.

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