A poem originally written for Yram and Kojo's wedding by William Du Bois and edited by Nyasha Mugavazi.

performed  by Koo Kumi

Turbulence

Join us on a poetic journey as William Du Bois Kumi, also known as Koo Kumi, presents an emotional and heartfelt spoken word piece, "Dear Future Wife." Originally released in 2016, this new rendition brings a fresh perspective and delivery to the profound words that explore the depths of love, commitment, and the intricacies of marriage.

Dear Future Wife (Special Edition)

Let Them go - Try!phena Yeboah

This is the first poetry project by Koo Kumi. Woke On The Mountain is an introduction of "The Poetry of Koo Kumi" and what it is to become. With carefully crafted instrumentations by an ace producer and singer Abochi. WOTM is interlaced with traditional folklore, classical and alternative rhythms. The poetry is built on the foundations of societal topics such as religion, spirituality, love, politics and self motivation. This is #WokeOnTheMountain and it is "The Poetry of Kumi"

Woke On The Mountain

NASA Freestyle (Outro)

Kofi (In Pursuit Of Purpose)

The Greatest Poem Ever

Comfort

As read by Koo Kumi, Sɛ Ɛbɛwie is by Michael Boateng Amanfo. 

Sɛ Ɛbɛwie is a tragi-comic novel which describes how a boy called Ntensere set off to trace his father called Bɛyɛɛdɛn. Bɛyɛɛdɛn had long traveled to an unknown destination in his youthful days. The journeys which Ntensere made to trace his father were full of adventures. At last he found him. They both took to farming. In the course of farming, they luckily dug out a big fortune. After this, they happily returned to their own Pɛwohoyɛsu. There, they did not only live a fulfilled life, but they also gave part of their wealth to help the underprivileged and also to develop their village. Consequently, their village became one of the well established towns in that area.

Sɛ Ɛbɛwie (Page 1)

The Griot is a spoken word poetry album. The album consist of 10 poems. These 10 poems, 1 skit and an interlude 
 tackles politics, urbanization and movement, culture, age of youth, and gender related subjects such as sexual violence and victim blaming (sexual abuse). The Griot seeks to present stories in it truest forms to start conversations about the above topics.All the poems were produced and engineered by various talented young people all from the Akuapem Ridge in Inner Groove Studios located at Aburi Akuapem.

The Griot

In Your Pant by Nikki Samonas & Wanlov The Kubolor (skit)

If These Walls Could Talk

Diary of Unfinished Poems

How Did We Get Here? (ft Ko-Jo Cue & Hillary)

Same Old Song

Ankonam

Accra

Manifesto of Dystopia

"An Afro hipster spoken word artist. I write, I talk, I speak, I live and I won't die. Kings Never Die."

William Du Bois Yaw Sakyi Kumi also Known as Koo Kumi is a spoken word artist who describes himself as a multi disciplined artist with a background of visual arts and performance art too. He was born on the 5th of May, 1994. He hails from Mampong Akuapem from the Eastern Region part of Ghana. He is known by many as a poet and a photographer. He started putting his poems out on social media in 2012 after writing for a long time. Koo Kumi won the first national teen slam in Ghana in 2013 at the National Theatre with his co performer Nana Yirenkyi. His style of poetry is inspired by real life experiences, this has earned him a spot on peoples lists of expressionists artists. He has been tipped as unique due to the sound of his voice which hides his youth and his vintage avant garde hipsy type of fashion. After High School, he went to the Ghana Institute of Journalism to study journalism as a major. At Ghana Institute of Journalism, he won the Student Poet of the year award at the university’s eminence awards in 2017. He is the leader and founder of Trotro Vibes, an art movement which uses public transport as a stage. He has performed on over 100 stages in Ghana. He described poetry as “The native language of the heart which doesn’t need any interpreter for one to understand the meaning”.

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