Gladys Casely-Hayford, Newgatenovelist (LibriVox) de rid am
“Getting Up” de fala wan smɔl Fanti pikin we de wek, frɔm di fɔs yawn te i tɔmbul kɔmɔt na bed. Dɛn pablish am na The Messenger na Jun 1926. Di las lay dɛn yuz wan wɔd fɔ blak pikin we pipul bin de yuz da tɛm de, bɔt tide i de pwɛl pipul at; dɛn rid am lɛk aw dɛn print am. Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950) na pɔyɛt we in mama na Krio ticha frɔm Fritɔŋ. I bin de tich na di Girls' Vocational School na Fritɔŋ, ɛn i rayt sɔm pan in pɔym dɛn na Krio. Na wan LibriVox volontia de rid am.
Rid di wɔd dɛn →Fɔ noDi las lay dɛn yuz “pickaninny”, wan wɔd fɔ blak pikin we pipul bin de yuz na 1926, bɔt tide i de pwɛl pipul at. Dɛn rid di pɔym lɛk aw dɛn print am.
Prɛs ple, shɔt yu yay.
Mɔ frɔm Gladys Casely-Hayford
Usay i kɔmɔt: LibriVox: Selected Poems by Gladys Casely-Hayford, via the Internet Archive ↗ · Public domain
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