ANUFƆ LITERATURE _YAW-KAN.J

Solving the Water Crisis in Chereponi: The Efforts of Past and Present MPs, DCEs, and Other Stakeholders in the District  Njakpien, We have a reality on our hands as a people. This reality is that, Chereponi, our District, is severely impoverished. There is no political card game here! The realities of life say it all. WE NEED A RAPID IMPROVEMENT NOW OR NEVER. ELSE BY THE TIME WE, WHO SHOULD HAVE CAUSED THE CHANGE NOW, FEEL THE NEED TO DO IT AT WILL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO LATE, AND POSTERITY WILL JUDGE US SQUARELY. Njakpien,  One of the realities of the District is severe WATER CRISIS. Did you hear that? This is ONE of the realities. I join the many voices out here already to re-echo this concern. Njakpien, For the sake of tomorrow, let us NOT play politics with this issue at all! The water crisis in Chereponi is a pressing issue that requires immediate attention from all stakeholders, including past and present MPs, DCEs, and other local leaders. Coincidentally, it is in thi...

 Anufɔ 101 na vs ŋa    Anufɔ nu, "na" ni "ŋa" ti nɔaniɛ barasu nnyɔ wɔ. "Na" bu koro la ka: (1). u si wara u ni dɛɛ si wara ni.  E.g.,  a) I *na* biɛsɔ n ato Sika fie ama i. b) I *na* bara n aba i busu niɛ wɔ. (2) "na" ti nɔaniɛ nbaa bo i sa nɔaniɛ tintin nnyɔ bo bu kɛrɛ kerewa sɛ. E.g., a) Anufɔm, am bo tanalaifiɛ, koro ni saŋga tana anzama *na* am yaaki tititnu jɔrɛm bo bu su saaki ya Anufɔ asiɛn ni. b) M ase Kɔmba ka i bra m dika *na* ya fa sɛsɛsu fa kɔ tanalaifiɛ busu.  Anufɔ nu, *ŋa* ti jɔrɛ se juma yo nɔaniɛ wɔ. Nzen a ŋa a se ka sɔnɔ ase jɔrɛ be i, a fa *ŋa* jɔjɔ i a má*na*. E.g., a) Kɔmna *ŋa* o, Anufɔm kɛrɛ dɔ bu saka nzue. b) Lamaraya radiyo fɔm*ŋa* Anufɔ ti kun wɔ má n nnyɔ. Minɛ nya koro ka bu se ka i*ŋa* aŋu ka bu ŋa i *na*. I na sɛ wɔ? ×            I na wɔ awie i? × Kisa bo asi i ni, kaaki u anufɔ ni. NB: Ahin n ti má sakorowa jɔrɛ o. Am ma ya kan Anufɔ kpa. Ansɛ.

 2024~Sign Out Oh 2024! What a year you have been Your lows and the highs The cocktail of your deeds. Before you signed up your celestial and terrestrial contract with planet Earth, Your prophecies were enormous  So were your onomastic system.  Some named you: Prosperity, Protection,  Healing, Abundance,  Joy, Fulfilment etc Such names never mentioned: Death, Ill-Health, Pain, Suffering,  Forlronness etc But you represented all. The cocktail of your deeds.  On 1st January, the day you logged in So many world chaps and nation builders logged in Where their Maker had invested into their destinies To live longer than Methuselah Or to live a Centenary And to fulfil potentials  But your reticent attitude extincted them prematurely.  Some Millennials, Gen Zs and Contemporaries  Hoped in you To deliver on your prophetic mandate To them, but you failed them. For some, though not a piece of corn dough  You turned them into one Through ghastl...

THE EROSION OF OUR IDENTITY: A CHANGING TREND OF BASIC PLEASANTLY PRACTICES AMONG THE ANUFƆ Njakpien, ANUFƆ is your language. Whether you like it or not. LINGUISTICALLY, every language group, the world over, cherishes their basic drivers of their language such the forms of greeting (pleasantly exchanges), and home entry practices etc.  Njakpien,  The ANUFƆ have a rich, highly invaluable way of exchanging pleasantries. Very basic ones at that.  For instance, in the morning, a youngster deferring to an adult may greet squatting:  a) Nja ahin oo, Nbo ahin oo.  Elders may use:  b) Daa i nja, Daa i nbo.  Peers may use: c) Ya kɛrɛ daabiri daari sɛ? In the noon,  d) Nja awo oo, Nbo awo oo. Ya ni wiɛ kɛkɛrɛ n ti sɛ, juma fie ti sɛ, am tana fɛn di? etc. In the evening,  e) Nja ndo oo, Nbo ndo oo. Ya ni naasɔ di? Ya ni kɔnguɛ?  And several others. Very basic, very simplistic. Without ill- intention, we have relegated these forms of exchanges to th...

 The Anufɔ consonant sounds are unique. See the table below: Sources:  1.Wikipedia  2. Chakosi  at   Ethnologue   (22nd ed., 2019)   3.  https://phoible.org/inventories/view/658 Consonants Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-velar Glottal plain round palatal plain palatal plain palatal plain round plain palatal Nasal m mʲ n ɲ ŋ ŋm ŋmʲ Stop voiceless p pʷ pʲ t tʲ c cʲ k kʷ kp kpʲ voiced b bʷ bʲ d dʲ ɟ ɟʲ ɡ ɡʷ gb gbʲ Fricative voiceless f fʷ fʲ s ʃ ɕᶣ h voiced z ʑᶣ Rhotic r rʲ Approximant voiceless ɥ̥ voiced ɥ l lᶣ j w Vowels Oral Nasal Front Back Front Back Close i u ĩ ũ Close-mid e o Open-Mid ɛ ɔ ɛ̃ ɔ̃ Open a ã

  The Anufɔ Intro : By the name, the Anufɔ are a heterogeneous ethnic group who trace their origin from Central Ivory Coast. They are from Anou or Ano. The language and the people are referred to as Anufɔ. Alternative names include: Chakosi, Chokosi and other French varieties such as Tchokossi, Kyokosi, Tiokossi. The Language Tree Tracing the language group,  Anufɔ belongs to the Kwa family of languages. See the Language family Tree below: Niger–Congo ? Atlantic–Congo Kwa Potou–Tano Tano Central Tano (Akan) Bia North Chakosi The Anufɔ are part of the Akan of Ghana. See details below.  Akan  (Primarily in Ghana) Bia (Primarily in Ivory Coast and Western Ghana) North Bia Anyin Baoulé Chakosi  (Anufo) Sefwi  (Sehwi) South Bia Nzema Ahanta Jwira-Pepesa Source: Wikipedia  Ameka, Felix K.; Dakubu, Mary Esther Kropp (2008).