APPELLATIONS OF HIS EXCELLENCY KOFI ANNAN

ON HIS INVESTITURE AS CHANCELLOR, AUGUST 11, 2008

Merebↄ wo mmrane oo Busumuru,

Akasanoma a ↄkasa man ano,
Serebo Sakyi a yꜪse no so dadeꜪ kↄdi anins!m,
Anya ko afr! a !tↄ apenten a, na y!fr! no,

Okoforo boↄ Ansah Sasraku dehye!

Afra Koma Kusi nana nono
Aduana tweabrade oo
Nananom Aduanafoↄ na wode gya ba wiase

!ber! kakera nie na Asuapↄn yi mu mpanifoↄ tena ase

y!adwen s!, dade! bu a y!bↄ dade! hy! anan.
Enti Asuapↄn yi rehwehwe! danofoↄ.
Wo hwehw! hwehw! mu hunu s!
Busumuru !na !fata no,
akokↄ fufuo a akrↄma ahy! no nso.

Kofi amansa ni no, Agya nimde, wona !fata wo oo

!firi s!!ber! bi soe!, !ma Amansa nkabom kuo
to nsa fr! wo, ma wohw! wiase nyinaa !fie y! wↄ
mu yi nipa nyinaa !wↄ ha bi enti s! wob!y!
danofoↄ a !ny! nwanwa !n! mere b!bↄ wo mmerane.
Asuapon yi b!bↄ wo mmerane na y!de wo atena
Ghana Asuapↄn Kunini
Asipim kese! yi so nn!.

Na de! mesr! ne s! Kofi wo mmas! yi b!y!

ns!nkterene! ama Ghana man.
Agya nimde anamↄn a Asuapↄn yi atu akoduru yi
de! me nim s! wo mmae! yi b!y! ns!nkyer!ne!.

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Megyina ha mereser! tweaduapↄn Nyame
s! ↄhw! woadifire ne wofi ba mu.
!i adehye man abakoma Kofi meser!
Nyame ama wo na de! y!n nyina yereka
Ne s! s! woaba, woaba ten a ase oo.

Author: Prof. Emeritus J.H. Kwabena Nketia