YES, SHE'S WORTHY OF CELEBRATION.

YES, SHE’S WORTHY OF CELEBRATION

Yes, she’s worthy of celebration
A woman of great virtues
Honest, humble, cheerful, caring and lovingly
Afenor Comfort Awovi Amedoadzi
( also called Naanaa)
We salute you this day
For you’re worthy of celebration

Yes, she’s worthy of celebration
Your sense of responsibility
And attitude towards life in general
Cannot be overemphasized
Inculcation of your cherished virtues into us
This you did earnestly
We all in one accord cannot but say
Yes, she’s worthy of celebration

Yes, she’s worthy of celebration
A mother to all
Regardless of true biological background
Of any and everybody
A mother to all
From Charity through Wisdom to Esinam
From Mawufemor through Stella to Dotse
And to the many others
We are proud to have shared
Those priceless moments together
We all in one accord
Proclaim to the world
Yes, she’s worthy of celebration

Naanaa! Naanaa!! Naanaa!!!
Tomorrow, Monday, 27th July, 2009
Marks exactly one year
When that great and inevitable
But too sudden agony of darkness dawned on us
How traumatic?
Indeed, it has been too emotional
To just realize we cannot travel home
To see you and your highly tasteful and sweet bread
And later “agawu”
The next morning when we wake up
Naanaa, you indeed, have contributed
Your quota to the betterment of humanity
We, therefore, cannot but say to the world
Yes, she’s worthy of celebration

Naanaa! Naanaa!! Naanaa!!!
Your most cherished virtues
You’ve undoubtedly implanted in us
Will continue to move and shake
The foundations of the world
For the betterment of humanity
Till the end of time
Naanaa, we mourn your death
Through the celebration of your life
And together, we proclaim to the world
Yes, she’s worthy of celebration

Naanaa! Naanaa!! Naanaa!!!
Hede nyuie
Gbor le nutifafa me
Miaga do go le Mawu fe akorme.


Written in commemoration of the 1st anniversary of the death of the author's late auntie, Afenor Comfort Awovi Amedoadzi (Naanaa).