“Say its love from Africa in Ghana”

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Il y a dix ans, ma soeur S m’écrivait de Takoradi.

Il y a huit ans, c’était au tour de mon ami N d’écrire de Sekondi.

Aujourd’hui, c’est à mon tour de penser à eux au bord du golfe de Guinée… presqu’au Ghana.

Ce dimanche, de retour à Assinié, j’ai marché jusqu’au bout de la langue de terre, jusqu’au village d’Assinié-Mafia. Sur la plage d’Assinié-Mafia, j’ai rencontré un groupe de pêcheurs du village ghanéen de Half-Assinie. Je n’étais plus qu’à quelques kilomètres du Ghana.

Cette rencontre me fait penser à la musique de Rocky Dawuni qu’affectionne S.

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Ten years on, my sister S was writing me from Takoradi.

Eight years ago, it was my good friend N’s turn to write from Sekondi.

Today, it’s my trun to think of them along the Gulf of Guinea… almost in Ghana.
This Sunday, as I went back to Assinie, I walked until the end of the beach, until the village of Assinie-Mafia. On the beach of Assinie-Mafia, I met with a group of fishermen from the nearby ghanian village of Half-Assinie. I was just a few kilometers away from Ghana.

This encounter reminds me of Rocky Dawuni’s music S likes to listen to.

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Red, Gold & Green.

The Black Star.

So say its love from Rasta in Ghana
We are stopping all the suffering in Ghana
Say its love from Africa in Ghana
Jah Jah seals and signs and delivers
Yes, He seals and signs and delivers

Source: In Ghana by Rocky Dawuni

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