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Poverty and the Rights of the Child
(Interviews)
7-01-2004
by Solace Asafo
Ghana, West Africa - The bargain lasted for a few minutes, a little over $180 was handed over to the mother of a child and the deal was sealed; a child of 3 had just been pawned by his parents to a local fisherman to be used as a diver in the...
Send No Roses
(Poetry)
1-10-2003
by Solace Asafo
Send no roses
When I am no more
Don't when the eyes, its beauty not behold
Don't when the nose, the sweet fragrance not scent
Don't when the hands, the soft petals not feel
Don't when the heart, its gratitude not render
Don’t when it a grave...
Sketches of Poverty
(Opinions)
20-01-2004
by Solace Asafo
The long drawn face was marked with worry lines and etched eternally on the face of a 31 year old farmer who looked like he was 60 years old. His cracked feet took him steadily home where he settles for the night on a raffia mat in his brick home...
The Masked Ones
(Poetry)
1-10-2003
by Solace Asafo
They came with a smile at morn
And beamed as sunrays at dawn
They brightened our shores with their masts
And sang sweet melodies of love
At noon' turn their smiles snarls
And their dazzling light blind dark
Then their beautiful masts were...
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