TagsThe Travel Club is an association of independent, explorative and creative travelers from all over the world. We are dedicated to building and promoting travel culture on a global level.https://www.thetravelclub.org/tag/ghana2026-01-14T12:59:56+01:00The Travel ClubJoomla! - Open Source Content ManagementGreetings to the Chief of an Akan State2019-08-09T22:12:14+02:002019-08-09T22:12:14+02:00https://www.thetravelclub.org/articles/world-poetry/743-greetings-to-the-chief-of-an-akan-statelazar<h3>Greetings to the chief of an Akan state on the occasion of the new year</h3>
<p>The year has come round.<br /> I have come to greet you, <br />To shower blessings on you. <br />Live long, live long, live long, <br />Live to a good old age.</p>
<p>The drummer of the talking drums says, <br />He showers his blessings on you. <br />Live long, live long, live long, <br />Live to a good old age.</p>
<p>The God of old says, <br />He showers his blessings on you. <br />Live to a good old age, chief,</p>
<p>The Earth Amponyinamoa says, <br />She showers her blessings on you. <br />Live to a good old age. <br />Live long, live long, live long, <br />Live to a good old age.</p>
<p>May years be added to your years.</p>
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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Akan people</a> are a meta-ethnicity residing in the southern regions of the former Gold Coast region, in what is today the nation of Ghana.</p>
<p>The poem was first written down by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Einstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carl Einstein</a>, (26 April 1885 – 5 July 1940), born Karl Einstein, was an influential German Jewish writer, art historian, anarchist and critic.</p>
<p> </p><h3>Greetings to the chief of an Akan state on the occasion of the new year</h3>
<p>The year has come round.<br /> I have come to greet you, <br />To shower blessings on you. <br />Live long, live long, live long, <br />Live to a good old age.</p>
<p>The drummer of the talking drums says, <br />He showers his blessings on you. <br />Live long, live long, live long, <br />Live to a good old age.</p>
<p>The God of old says, <br />He showers his blessings on you. <br />Live to a good old age, chief,</p>
<p>The Earth Amponyinamoa says, <br />She showers her blessings on you. <br />Live to a good old age. <br />Live long, live long, live long, <br />Live to a good old age.</p>
<p>May years be added to your years.</p>
<p>--</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Akan people</a> are a meta-ethnicity residing in the southern regions of the former Gold Coast region, in what is today the nation of Ghana.</p>
<p>The poem was first written down by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Einstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carl Einstein</a>, (26 April 1885 – 5 July 1940), born Karl Einstein, was an influential German Jewish writer, art historian, anarchist and critic.</p>
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