(Hausa flute and rhythmic talking drums, trumpets, crowd)
LEAD:
Assalamu Alaikum, Jama’a!
CROWD:
WA ALAIKUM SALAM!
LEAD:
Abuakwa South!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ! LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
Kyebi Zongo!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
Asiakwa!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
Apedwa!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
Asafo!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
And from Kyebi,
the heart of Abuakwa South—
Our respectful greetings
to Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin,
Okyenhene of Akyem Abuakwa.
To the chiefs...
To the elders...
And to the people of Okyeman—
CROWD:
YƐMA MO NYINAA AKWAABA!
LEAD:
NDCfo, mo wɔ he?
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
Ɛyɛ Zu!
CROWD:
ƐYƐ ZA!
LEAD:
Ɛyɛ Zuuu!
CROWD:
ƐYƐ ZAAA!
LEAD:
Mustapha Ibrahim!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉÉÉ!
LEAD:
Wa kuke so?
CROWD:
IBRAHIM MOKE SO!
LEAD:
Wa kuke so?
CROWD:
IBRAHIM MOKE SO!
LEAD:
What number?
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
Mustapha! Mustapha!
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
Ibrahim!
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
To w’aba ma Mustapha!
CROWD:
YƐBƐTO ABA AMA NO!
LEAD:
To w’aba ma Number One!
CROWD:
YƐBƐTO ABA AMA NO!
LEAD:
Wa kuke so?
CROWD:
IBRAHIM MOKE SO!
LEAD:
Laaléé!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
Before the formal
Zongo Caucus came—
Mustapha was mobilising.
Before the position came—
Mustapha was working.
Bringing the Zongos together,
working for the party,
serving the grassroots.
LEAD:
Before the Caucus came—
CROWD:
MUSTAPHA WAS THERE!
LEAD:
Before the position came—
CROWD:
MUSTAPHA WAS WORKING!
LEAD:
Who was mobilising?
CROWD:
MUSTAPHA IBRAHIM!
LEAD:
What number?
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
When the work needed support,
Mustapha did not wait.
From his own pocket,
he supported the mobilisation.
LEAD:
No formal Caucus yet—
CROWD:
BUT HE WAS WORKING!
LEAD:
No position yet—
CROWD:
BUT HE WAS SERVING!
LEAD:
Who supported the mobilisation?
CROWD:
MUSTAPHA!
LEAD:
Wa kuke so?
CROWD:
IBRAHIM MOKE SO!
LEAD:
To w’aba ma Mustapha!
CROWD:
YƐBƐTO ABA AMA NO!
LEAD:
Mustapha naa koowaa né!
CROWD:
NAA MU NÉ!
LEAD:
Laaléé! Laaléé!
CROWD:
LAAALÉÉÉÉ!
Then the Zongo Caucus
was formally established.
And Mustapha became
one of the pioneers—
A pioneer
with voting rights.
The work did not begin
with the position.
The position met him
already working.
LEAD:
Pioneer!
CROWD:
MUSTAPHA!
LEAD:
Grassroots!
CROWD:
MUSTAPHA!
LEAD:
Zongo mobilisation!
CROWD:
MUSTAPHA!
LEAD:
Wa kuke so?
CROWD:
IBRAHIM MOKE SO!
LEAD:
Kyebi!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
Asiakwa!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
Apedwa!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
Asafo!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
Nkronso!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
Bunso!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
Apapam!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
Abuakwa South!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
Kuuééfa kurinyan ku,
kubaa Mustapha!
CROWD:
LAAALÉÉÉÉ!
LEAD:
Mustapha naa koowaa né!
CROWD:
NAA MU NÉ!
LEAD:
Mustapha naaku né!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ! LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
Wa kuke so?
CROWD:
IBRAHIM MOKE SO!
LEAD:
Wa kuke so?
CROWD:
IBRAHIM MOKE SO!
LEAD:
Ɛyɛ Zu!
CROWD:
ƐYƐ ZA!
LEAD:
Ɛyɛ Zuuu!
CROWD:
ƐYƐ ZAAA!
LEAD:
What is the number
of Mustapha Ibrahim?
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
Again!
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
Kyebi Zongo!
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
Abuakwa South!
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
Mustapha!
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
One! One! One!
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
Before the Caucus came—
CROWD:
MUSTAPHA WAS THERE!
LEAD:
Before the position came—
CROWD:
MUSTAPHA WAS WORKING!
LEAD:
Wa kuke so?
CROWD:
IBRAHIM MOKE SO!
LEAD:
To w’aba ma Mustapha!
CROWD:
YƐBƐTO ABA AMA NO!
LEAD:
To w’aba ma Number One!
CROWD:
YƐBƐTO ABA AMA NO!
LEAD:
Mustapha Ibrahim!
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
Laaléé!
CROWD:
LAALÉÉ!
LEAD:
Abuakwa South!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
Zongofo!
CROWD:
YƐWƆ HA!
LEAD:
Wa kuke so?
CROWD:
IBRAHIM MOKE SO!
LEAD:
What number?
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
LEAD:
Mustapha Ibrahim!
CROWD:
NUMBER ONE!
ALL:
MUSTAPHA IBRAHIM!
ZONGO CAUCUS COORDINATOR!
NUMBER ONE!
Wa kuke so?
Ibrahim moke so!
Laaléé... Laaléé...
Mustapha...
NUMBER ONE!