The African Queen

              (For Dade Akai - a Queen of the Ga Speaking People in Ghana.)

 By Peter Eric Adotey Addo

She was a man among the women

And a woman among the men

But she rose to lead the men

To be --

A man among the men.

Fearless she was and brave,

Who to the warpath led

Her followers into victory

Like --

A Man among the men.

She was a man among the men,

Truly regarded as such by all

Both by enemy and foe alike,

When --

She led her men to war.

Stern she was and brave

A general among the men

And so she was to the end

As --

A man among the men.

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