tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555516329392912719.post7196325189550594982..comments2023-12-06T19:01:10.313+00:00Comments on One Ghana, One Voice: Odomankoma's Drummer - Kwadwo KwartengRob Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507320627534702508noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555516329392912719.post-76700979166622171742009-04-05T16:13:00.000+00:002009-04-05T16:13:00.000+00:00Thanks for giving the African drum a beautiful hig...Thanks for giving the African drum a beautiful highlight.It was and it is and will be forever be our medium of communication with our unseen beings.Our ancestors must proud of you in their grave!Kudos broAgyei Adjei-Baahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555516329392912719.post-80461134940053160502009-04-05T12:59:00.000+00:002009-04-05T12:59:00.000+00:00Certainly, there's no sexual undertones in the poe...Certainly, there's no sexual undertones in the poem. I was only referring to the drummer's honour / pride ( for being the only subject 'who really knows and understands Odomankoma's favourite tune'). Isn't that glorious?<BR/><BR/>I was also took delight in its assertive: 'Pradada-dada'. The sound is pleasurable. One could easily be tempted to dance to its 'rapid' beat.Darko Antwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345172369072331718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555516329392912719.post-57825003581185145852009-04-05T11:24:00.000+00:002009-04-05T11:24:00.000+00:00Good work, Kwadwo. Your poem is sacred. I don't kn...Good work, Kwadwo. Your poem is sacred. I don't know why the first person to comment finds it seductive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555516329392912719.post-38409201371007411672009-04-04T22:06:00.000+00:002009-04-04T22:06:00.000+00:00Well let me get my big fat Oxford--English diction...Well let me get my big fat Oxford--English dictionary..out-and look up --dennotative--so i can understand what this man means-me thinks simplicity is da secret.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555516329392912719.post-25124296349716989192009-04-04T15:47:00.000+00:002009-04-04T15:47:00.000+00:00At a glance, it looks light and casual. But when w...At a glance, it looks light and casual. But when well-read, it suddenly becomes weighty - by virtue of the message it carries. <BR/><BR/>Any compact verse which contains this might of symbolsm is bound to be valued.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, a lay reader may not feel comfortable with the literal or dennotative sense of the first verse in particular. It is suggestive of obsession and domineering.<BR/><BR/>But I see it as an intense utilisation of a nutural <BR/>opportunity. There's vision or an activity of utmost economy of skill. Excuse me to say, I'm almost seduced.Darko Antwihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345172369072331718noreply@blogger.com