Poem ("Why do the bards of black folk")
Gladys Casely-Hayford
8 lay · di wɔd dɛn go fala di vɔys
The Crisis, October 1927
Mɔ frɔm Gladys Casely-Hayford →Ɔl di rayta dɛn →Ɔl di vɔys dɛn →
Pɛn to pepa, tɛm to tɛm
Lɔng bifo prɛs, di layɔn mawnten dɛn bin dɔn gɛt dɛn vɔys: di jeli, di stori-tɔka, di siŋa dɛn na fayasayd. Dɛn nɔ ɛva kwayɛt. Frɔm Fritɔŋ in nyuspepa dɛn na 1888 te sɔntin we sɔmbɔdi rayt dis wik, dɛn stil de ala, na pɔym, nɔvɛl, stori ɛn ple.
lay bay lay
Di rayta dɛnBifo prɛs →Buk dɛn fɔ bɔku raytaSɔm de rid am lawd →
Yɛri am, rid am
Prɛs ple, shɔt yu yay.
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Gladys Casely-Hayford
8 lay · di wɔd dɛn go fala di vɔys
The Crisis, October 1927
Mɔ frɔm Gladys Casely-Hayford →Ɔl di rayta dɛn →Ɔl di vɔys dɛn →
Bifo Fritɔŋ in nyuspepa dɛn, wi bin dɔn de rayt wi langwej, na Arabik lɛta ɛn na Kikakui, wi yon raytin. Si aw →
Ɛni rayta gɛt in yon pej, wit in wok ɛn buk dɛn. Sɔm pej gɛt jɔs di buk dɛn fɔ naw: wi de print rayta in wɔd wɛn i ɔ in famili gri. Na yu? Tɔk to wi →
Di ia bay ɛni rayta in nem na di ia fɔ di fɔs wok ɔ buk we wi gɛt fɔ am, nɔto di ia we i bɔn; dat de na in yon pej. Sɔm rayta nɔ gɛt ia yet, ɛn sɔm ia kin tu leit. Yu no wan ia we pas dis? Tɛl wi →
Wi mis wan buk, ɔ wan rayta? Tɛl wi →
Buk dɛn fɔ bɔku rayta
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Fɔ rayt dis wik · Waka
Rayt pɔym ɔ shɔt pis bɔt waka
Fɔ bigin: Aw nyus ɛn lɛta bin de rich una famili?
Wɛn wan ɛditɔ dɔn rid am, yu go ɔp wit di rayta dɛn ya ɔp, A te Z, jɔs lɛk pɔym frɔm 1888.
Sɛn am →