Elmina Blues Opus 1

Carl Hancock Rux of ancient women who looked back to Oguaa, and crossed over the blood of Elrnina Blues Opus 1 Saviours, eyes nailed to a distant shore- (Between two villages that were one land before,on Carmine sands, Door without return barefoot and calling out, the Safohene {Warrior Chief) sings of histo- A castle erect on a hill y First the Negro listens Then the Negro hears) still O n the red earth the earth of Iture Nanah sang Nanah sang sang me to sleep (Nanah sings) abiaaaaaaaaaaaa Winding down Winding down Elmina sands this voice flowing thru the land this voice telling thru the trees (Nanah sings) From Asopru vines long lines of men dig and pluck crab for shell and meat from the river the sweet sugar waters deep, gound crab shells to lime Time did not know the hands Time did not know the voices of sweet river men then Nanah sang (Nanah sings) abiaaaaaaaaaaaaaa sang me to weep, for the sweet river for the sweet sugar waters deep that once flowed from the Kakom from the Nkontro the river Pra voices winding down winding down Elmina sands (Nanah sings) Hands time did not know found a pregnant woman\ to sacrife a life within a life to give (The Gods) and Fettish Priests of Elmina lands, to pay for a castle made from shell and meat/ with bleeding hands, ,kweeeeeeeeee to pay for walls of lime and time did not know voices, calling from the sweet sugar waters crossing over from the Nkontro and the Suruwi, the Kakom and the river Pra Ancient women look back to Oguaa and Nanah sang sang Nanah sang Nanah sang sang sang sang Ekweeeeeeeeeeee Carl Hancock Rux is a poet and playwright His Plays include Song of Sa YoungMen, Chapterand Verse, Geneva Cottrell Waitingfor the Dog to Die, and Pipe (which opened Sept in New York) Rux's poetry has also been commissioned by The Alvin Ailey Dance company, Moving Spirits Dance Theatre among others His work has appeared in many theatre festivals including:Maison Des Art Creteil (France)The National Institute for the Arts (Abidjan, Ivory Coast) University of Ghana (Legon)and the Teatro De Belligni (Naples, Italy) He lives in Brooklyn, New York I Time did not know the faces 42 7 NKA ...