Nii Lantey

In the name of art and history
By way of poetry
I speak of a man
I tell of his works
His works that stand conspicuous
In the swathe of the ruins
Of his detractors’ subversive activities
I speak of man who gave birth to a nation
I speak of a man who lived and died for his people
I speak of a man loved and hated by his own people
I speak of a 20th century political Christ
Accused, Abused and Refused
I speak of a man vilified and demonised
Castigated by his generation
I speak of this same man
Exonerated, vindicated, celebrated
And almost deified today
A man who lit a fire
A fire that burnt down
Towers of powers of oppression
Operating in Isms and Schisms
Colonialism and imperialism
Powers that raped and robbed
The people of Africa Akebuland
I speak of this man
I speak of his works
I speak of the father of my country Ghana
I speak of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah
The black Star of Africa
Nkrumah show boy
The Giant Killer
The light bearer
The answer to the question
The wind of the sail black Africa liberation
The bear chest of the new Africa
The crown of the black pride
Take it or leave it
The army prophet general of the struggle
Take it or leave it
The tallest of the standing tall
The warrior for the soldiers
I speak of a man who brooks no dread
And dared to stand against the system
Kicked out the crazy baldheads
And trampled down Babylon
Home and abroad
I speak of a man who brought the sun down
On John Bull’s vampire empire
I speak of a man who never dies
I speak of the man whose voice
Is still talking revolution
100 years on
I speak of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah
To the galling of his detractors
He is the one
The only one
The man of the millennium
The greatest of all
I speak of no one but him
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah
Twa Omanye Aba

Nii Lantey