“At long last, the battle has ended! And Ghana, your beloved country, is free forever!!” —Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah (March 6th, 1957)
Here’s to 50 years of independence and the “resistance of oppressors’ rule with all our will and might forever more!”
YEN ARA ASASE NI
Yen ara asase ni eye aboo dennen ma yen
Mogya na nana nom hwie gui nya de too ho ma yen
Adu me ne wo nso so se yebeye bi atoa so
Nimdeetraso kotokrane ne apesemenkomenya
Adi yen bra mu dem ama yen asase ho do atomu se
Oman no se ‘beye yie o,
oman no se erenye yie o
Eye nsem da ho se, omanfo bra n’ekyere
TRANSLATION (THIS IS OUR OWN CHERISHED LAND—THE PEOPLES’ NATIONAL ANTHEM)
This is our own cherished land,
acquired through the blood our ancestors shed for us.
It is now our turn to continue what our ancestors started.
Pride, cheating and selfishness has scarred our character, and diminished our affection for our land.
Whether or not this nation prospers,
Depends on the character of the citizens of the nation.
OdO Baako! (One Love)
Signed,
Your African Children at Wesleyan
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