(Title: Tribute To Mr and Mrs Kofi Dabanka)
They own an African idyll
A wonderful
Peaceful
Beachfront paradise
Afia African village
An African labour of love
The beautiful handiwork
Of a dynamic cross-cultural duo
A marvellous interacial marriage
He a charming
Charismatic Ashanti prince
And dread-locked
Musical Rastafarian
She an upper middle-class Aussie
And before my very eyes
Did I see them build
Their superlative sea-front eco-village
A wondrous spiritual essay
In ecological greeness
A study in African eco-poshness
Par excellence
An African beachfront paradise
Created from sun-dried laterite blocks
A rare beachfront fantasy in mud
A very modern "green" hotel
With every mod-con
To make your stay serene
A peaceful evocation
Of a rural African idyll
In the very heart
Of Ghana's capital
Accra
Ga Dangbe's own heartland
Osu
La
Ngleshie
Teshie
Korle Gono
Kaneshie
Opanin Kofi Dabanka
Ayekoo
Ohemaa Mrs Kofi Dabanka
Gentle Australian
Matriach
With a heart of gold
Married to a royal son
Of Asante Mampong's
Ancient Silver Stool
Ayekoo
Your loving husband's
Many seeking-for-meaning journeys
Across West Africa's hinterland
Collecting pieces
For your fabulous art gallery
Has Filled Afia African Gallery
With many heirlooms of antiquity
Wondrous ancient African art pieces
Of the past glories
Of long-gone
West African Empires
Opanin Kofi Dabanka
Kofi Rasta
Mampong Dehyie
Ayekoo
Mrs Kofi Dabanka
Upper middle class
White Australian
Living saint
Ayekoo
Yeda muyinaa asi!
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