PRAISE POEMS, HORN TUNES AND KWADWOM FROM JUABEN ( DWABEN )

Dwaben Adu Ampoforo Antwi Konkorihene, Okyerefo> Otuo Serebour II, Daasebre, Okotwa-- asuo ....Oyoko Sakyia Ampoma Nana Yokoni, Odehyee' Kronkron ( True Royal ), Osansa fa ade

a ofa ne bum na ode kyere. Aberewa Ampem Ohye Adwira Nana Asumegyani Nana....is proceeding

gingerly in state to take his seat at the Adaekesee ceremony in 1995 in Kumasi.

A Piece entitled ( Osekyere Akuamoa ), played on the Ntahara Horns of Dwaben. The Asokwa

fekuo ( group ) of Juaben is responsible for the Ntahara and Amoakwa horns of Juaben. It's

played as follows:

Oboadum e,

Momma mo homene so akurontoo!

Akyaw Owusu Akyaw Berempon se

Momma mo homene so akurantoo!

Agyekum-hene Berempon

Ma wo homene so e!

Opon Kyekyeku!

Ma wo homene so e

Korobea Asante Kotoko,

Ma wo homene so e!

Wofiri Dwaben Adu-Ampoforo-Antwi

Wofiri Asante Kotoko

Asante Kotokohene

Oko-kyere-ahene

Momma mo homene so O!

Momma so

Tie

Osekyere Akuamoa e

yeregye wo oo

wo oo

yeregye wo oo

Asante Kotokohene

yeregye wo oo

Osekyerehene

yeregye wo oo...

Adu Ampoforoantwi is a title accorded Dwaben, likewise Kumasi and Kokofu. Osekyere Akuamoa is a reference to the Dwabenhene Akuamoa Boaten, Sekyere in the north-eastern district of Asante where the states of Dwaben, Effiduase ( Afigyase ), Asokore, Nsuta, Kumawu, Mampong are situated and is indicative of the claim of the Dwaben people that Dwabenhene is the most powerful King in that area and hence his title Sekyerehene. The final interesting thing about this particular verse is that it is the one verse in Ntahara which is unique to the Dwabenhene and that whenever any Asante hears it, then he knows that the Dwabenhene is passing. It may be regarded therefore as the signature -tune of the Dwabenhene .....Credit...Professor Adu Boahen

Another signature tune, also blown on the ntahara horns is Dwaben Adu Ampoforo Antwi, Atwetwebo>, a, ehini atuo muu.

Nana Juabenhene, sitting in state in Kumasi, during the Adae kesee durbar in 1991.

Some Kwadwom pieces, as chanted by the Kwadwom minstrels of Juaben ( Dwaben ).

1) Kotokohene tra ase

Krobeahene ee tra ase oo

Merema wo Krobea Yefiri Anwoma Kotoko ee

Asante atwa me tete

Twum Akyampon no fro goo ee ( nofong ee )

Asante asiesie bo oo some ntoo ee.

2) Mema Dwaben do Adaakwa Yiadom ee

Yiadom nana, yede Akoboo gye no taataa

Twum Akyampon Nogrogon ee

Odwaben see Na(na) Agyekum ee

Agyaako Yeboa obanim keno a edwom fre no

Osagyefo Firampon dammirifa awisi.

With gratitude to Professor Adu Boahen

Okyerefo> Otuo Serebour II, Dwabenhene and Oyokohene ( I.e Head of the Oyoko Royal

Clan Section of Asante or the Oyokoduo ) . Nana, is also traditionally, the Oyokopiesie

( first-born ) of the Oyoko Clan.

An Apayee Piece, Recited Before The Juabenhene ( Dwabenhene ), by the abrafoo

( executioners ) of Juaben ( Dwaben ) :

Onono Dwaben Boaten Nono

Osesedudo

Adwoa nua koran

Okoforobuo

Wona woyee sa foroo Kwasampere bepo ( Kwasampere mountain )

Wokotwaa Nyempene nsue

Adinkera Kwadwo se oda wo ase

Ose odawase dawase ne nonifikatruo daa daa daa daa

Dwaben Akrase ei, opanko

Opanko a oko ayere mu

Odedekuntuni ko a na yefere wo o

Woyee saa yee saa kyeree Basa Subiri

Faa Krakye Dente Opeaw!.........................Credit....Professor Adu Boahen