In the first song, she cries that one can't go to the spirit world and return otherwise she'd go and battle death to bring back her mother while letting it known to death just how wicked death is. She taunts sickness as the linguist (handman) of death. She recounts that she was not born this way but had been weakened by sickness. Ultimately she prays to the God/Creator for healing.
Just lost my mother a few weeks ago. I was born here but raised by Ghanaian parents and I always remember these songs when we would attend a funeral. Very deep RIP Maame Grace
I cry when I listen to these songs. It touches my soul and it also makes me feel sad that we left this sweet melody and picked up one that was imported to us. I am proud to be a grand child of the Royal Senchi people- the warriors who helped to shape Ashante Kingdom
who is listening to Maame Abena Gyamfua in 2021?.....I can feel my heart is full of tears reading comments. what a beautiful culture we have abandoned.
She wasn’t in Ghana when they recorded this . Even though it was her dad -Addai Cutlass that produced it . My granny and aunties including me were part of it 😅😍😍✌️ . I saw her in New York . Abena Gyamfuah is still in Ghana . Even maame Ode was part of the group
Foolish.. that is why music of the past always plays a part of the music today. You obvious are not someone who knows anything about music other than to listen to it. Who is THIS ignorant in 2018.. oh wait, you are!
I have known this voice since i was 9......I can picture my late grandmother making the dance moves.......and all the sign language........i will buy this cd please....where can i order it?
@@lulu3213 thank you so much for translating and explaining that, this music means so much more now. It still gives me a strong emotion, not a sad one exactly, but something...
Most of what I understand has to do with the sadness and cruelity of death.... it's a funeral dirge often played at Ghanaian funerals.... that's why the tone is somber
