Lyrics: Kwame Brenya
Music: Kwame Brenya
RICH AFRIKA, POOR AFRIKAN
Abibifoɔ,
Yɛyɛ adefoɔ, nanso yɛnne yɛho
Yɛwɔ biibiaa bi, nanso biibiaa gyesɛ yɛkɔsrɛ
AFRIKA IS RICH BUT THE AFRIKAN IS POOR
THE LAND IS RICH BUT THE PEOPLE ARE SICK
AFRIKA IS RICH "yɛwɔ kookoo, fangoo, ne sikakɔkɔɔ "
BUT THE AFRIKAN IS POOR. "ɛkɔm, yadeɛ, ohia ne ɛka"
THE LAND IS RICH "yɛwɔ nnuaba, nnuane, nsuo, ne mmoa
BUT THE PEOPLE ARE SICK
Yɛte nsuo ho nanso sukɔm de yɛn
Hu na yɛnhu anaa ani na yɛnni bi
Yɛte sika so nanso ɛkɔm ɛɛmene yɛn
Yɛn ara yɛ sikakɔkɔɔ, yɛtu a yɛnni bi
Yɛte nnuane mu nanso ɛkɔm rekum yɛn
Nea ɔɔkyɛ ama obiaa anya bi adie no ɔde ɔman agyapadeɛ resiesie ne fie
Yɛgyina aduro ho, nanso yadeɛ adokoro yɛn
Yɛnnuro nyinaa firi amanɔne ɛwɔ aberɛ a yɛte nhahan mu.
Oh! Abibiman.
AFRIKA IS RICH BUT THE AFRIKAN IS POOR
THE LAND IS RICH BUT THE PEOPLE ARE SICK
Aman mpaninfoɔ no akyɛ ɔman agyapadeɛ no afa
Enti sɛ yɛɛpɛ biribi ayɔ a gyesɛ yɛkɔbɔ bosea
Ama ɔman no akɔdi ahɔhoɔ nsa
Yɛte yɛkrom nso ɛkuro no yɛ nkorɔfoɔ foforɔ dea
Sɔre! ɔman Ghana,
Na mo kwaeɛ ne mo sikakɔkɔɔ no na wɔretontɔn no
Sɔre! ɔman Libya,
Mo fangoo na wɔretu korɔ no
Botswana mo nsɔre,
Na mo dɛnkyɛmmoɔ no rekɔdi amanfo so
Abibiman, sɔre.
Nigeria, sɔre
Ethiopia, Kenya Mozambique, sɔre
Burkina, Senegal Congo sɔre! Sɔre
Sɔre
Sɔre Abibiman!
AFRIKA IS RICH BUT THE AFRIKAN IS POOR
THE LAND IS RICH BUT THE PEOPLE ARE SICK