Ghanaian Poetry's Inspirations - An Introduction
PLEASE NOTE, THIS SERIES WAS DELAYED DUE TO KOFI AWOONOR'S DEATH. WE WILL BE RESTARTING IT BEGINNING ON MONDAY. YOU CAN READ POEMS FROM OUR AWOONOR MEMORIAL SERIES HERE.What do Ghanaian poets read?...
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Which artist most influences Ghanaian poetry?
Answer: Kofi Awoonor.More detail:Kofi Awoonor was listed as an inspiration by nineteen different OGOV poets, far ahead of Maya Angelou, Kofi Anyidoho, and Wole Soyinka, who were each mentioned thirteen...
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In Memoriam: Nelson Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Madiba Mandela - An Essay and...
When you go Madiba your nobility shall be our lasting inheritancethis land you so love shall continue to lovewe shall trail the long and majestic walkyour gallant walk shall be our cross and shepherd.-...
View ArticleA Final Walk to Freedom - Darko Antwi
As you leave,Earth has not changed much.Ticks still feed on cows,frogs still squat in envy of crabs.Sheep play the fool, as always.Mandela, as you go,pray for our conscience–that we do not only place...
View ArticleNew Year's Resolution - Prince Mensah
dreams half-baked, halved by edgesof circumstance, life reinterpretedthrough constant surprises, disappointments,appointments with truth and consequence -now an old year, once new, ebbs with age,...
View Article2013 in Review
Normally at this time we would be posting our "Favourite Poems" of the year for everyone to review (you can read past "Favourite Poems" posts here). But 2013 has not been a "normal" year for OGOV, or...
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Author Profile - Daniel Karasik
Biography:Daniel Karasik (b. 1986) is a Toronto-based playwright, poet, fiction writer, and artistic director of indie theatre company Tango Co. His plays have received professional productions across...
View ArticleThe Pilgrim Looks Up - Daniel Karasik
Of a book I read last week, on the theme of memory,I’ve forgotten everything, except for a brief description of how the narrator, on returning to his Tyrolean childhood home, was remembered by...
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How Poems Work #7 - Rob Taylor on Daniel Karasik's "The Pilgrim Looks Up"
The Pilgrim Looks Up – Daniel KarasikOf a book I read last week, on the theme of memory,I’ve forgotten everything, except for a brief description of how the narrator, on returning to his Tyrolean...
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Author Profile - William Saint George
Biography:William Saint George is the pen name of Jesse Jojo Johnson, an Entrepreneur-In-Training at Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), a professional photographer and an active...
View ArticleThe Lucky Ones Are Not Yet Born - William Saint George
The lucky onesare still unborn.Still they livein Odomankoma's womband cast pearlsinto the oceanwe call the starry sky.They look downinto his pot,and ask the old (wo)manWhat is that black smokeand that...
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Author Profile - Darko Antwi
Biography:Darko Antwi was born in Ashanti New Town, Kumasi, in May 1976 to Kwaku Antwi and Elizabeth Donkor. After his secondary education at Bekwai Seventh Day Adventist, Antwi taught in local...
View ArticleScarecrow - Darko Antwi
We went to seeFor ourselvesThere was no ghostOnly slamming doorsAnd flapping curtainsThere was no fearIt had vanishedLike the ghostThere was no ghostNo fear -Only some angry harmattan windKnocking...
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Ghana Poetry Festival Announcement - April 25th, 2014
Ghana Poetry Festival is a day poetry festival to be held on April 25th, 2014 at The Center for National Culture, Accra. It will feature book readings, book sales, panel discussions, performance poetry...
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Author Profile - Kyilleh Dominic Arituo
Biography:Kyilleh Dominic Arituo was born in Fielmua, Sissala West District in the Upper West Region. After his Senior Secondary education at Lawra, he was employed by the Kwahu North District Assembly...
View ArticleGreedy Crows - Kyilleh Dominic Arituo
- after Darko Antwi's "Scarecrow"They went to seeFor themselvesThere was no bodyOnly dry sticksWearing a white jellaba There was no fearIt is goneLike a nightmare There was no farmerNo fear –Only some...
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Author Profile - Bernard Kudjoe
Biography:Bernard Kudjoe lives in Wassa Akropong in the Western Region of Ghana. He received his education at Osei Tutu Senior High School in Kumasi and at the University for Development Studies. He...
View ArticleLed Into Slaughter - Bernard Kudjoe
Maybe we made you angryMaybe notWhat you’ve brought forthWe cannot bear Have you forgotten so soon?You woke us up gentlyKindly displayed our tools At the doors of our eyesTamely, you led us into the...
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Maya Angelou, 1928 - 2014
Africa - Maya AngelouThus she had lainsugercane sweetdeserts her hairgolden her feetmountains her breaststwo Niles her tears.Thus she has lainBlack through the years.Over the white seasrime white and...
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Interview with Ivor Hartmann, Founder of Storytime and African Roar
This interview marks the beginning of a new occasional series of interviews with the founders and editors of African literary websites. Our hope is to collect the stories of the early efforts in...
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Interview with Billy Kahora, Managing Editor of Kwani?
This interview, the second in our series of interviews with the founders and editors of African literary websites and journals, features Billy Kahora, whose Kenyan outfit, Kwani?, is much more than...
View ArticleThree Poems from Liberia
The following poems were written in the first half of 2014 by students at Suakoko Central High School (Grades 3 to 12) in Suakoko village, Bong County, Liberia. All three of these students are members...
View ArticleAn End and a Beginning
Dear OGOV Readers,When I co-founded One Ghana, One Voice with Julian Adomako-Gyimah, I hardly imagined that eight years later we would still be around. I dreamed, though it felt like a very distant...
View ArticleOld Beginnings and New Endings
Dear OGOV Readers, Receiving the reins of this seminal magazine from the illustrious Rob Taylor was one of the most important days in my life this year. Reorganizing and restructuring has not been easy...
View ArticleBack In Full Swing
Dear OGOV Readers,Hopefully, everything is worthy the wait here at One Ghana One Voice magazine.We have set the ball rolling with Elikplim Akorli (also known as thegodofpoetry) as our Poet of the...
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