Cletus Anaab (Wiaga-Sinyangsa)

ELECTRICITY

Electricity in Sandema town.

Electricity in Wiaga’s centre.

What an acquisition for Bulsa people.

Electrons carry negative charge

Moving along wires on Sandema Road.

Wooden pylons line Kadema Road.

Fumbisi is yearning for its final connection.

Schoolboys and girls sit under a bulb

late in the night to cram for exams.

Beautiful Tenni writes flowery letters

to her sweetheart she wants to meet in Accra.

Young people listen to Bulsa news

in the radio programme just at seven.

Trader Apung has television at home

and invites friends from the distant village of Kom.

Glaring neon lights fill Sandema’s bars

with booming music preventing talks.

Ice-cold beer from the deep-freezer box

is served to people whose thirst has been quenched

leaving their income in the hands of the waitress.

Electricity in Sandema town.

Electricity in Wiaga’s centre.

What a change for Bulsa people.