The size of Otumfuo Asantehene

Malvolio: "Do not be afraid of greatness; some are born great, some reach greatness and others are struck by greatness.

The Night of the Kings – William Shakespeare

"Do not extinguish the candle of another man because it will not shine yours brighter"

Jaachynma N. E. A. Agu

"Through your patience, God will edify you," said Pastor Daniel Yinkah Sarfo, professor, at the celebration of the Outumfuo Osei Tutu II during the Thanksgiving celebration.^th Anniversary of the King's ascent to the golden stool of St. Cyprian's Cathedral of Fanti New Town. "Today is your day," said Professor Yinkah Sarfo, Otumfuo.

It was a well organized program where every moment was accurately calculated, thanks to the dexterity of the cathedral's leaders, including the indefatigable James Adjei. Otumfuo Osei Tutu, although baptized by the archbishop emeritus, the very reverend Dr. Akwasi Sarpong, of Catholic religion, followed the tradition of Nananom, following the return to King Prempeh I, Christianized King, from his exile to the Seychelles island in 1926.

A team of prelates of other denominations, including Bishop Anokye, Catholic Archbishop of Kumasi, Reverend Dr. Akrofi of CPWA, Reverend Dr. Yeboah – Asamoah (Sunyani), Reverend Christopher Nyarko Andam of Kumasi, Methodist , Reverend Steve Asante (Asokwa Church of Pentecost) and others, such as the lay canon Oheneba Agyemang Badu (Atipinhene) and the lay canon Kwame Asiedu Basoah, clerk, were present. Professor Yinkah explained why they chose the very reverend Peter Akwasi Sarpong to deliver the sermon: Yennsan kokromotie ho mmo po (you can not ignore knotting).

Reverend Akwasi Sarpong preceded his sermon with the words, "God chose Otumfuo to bring peace to Ghana." In an exquisite speech, the archbishop emeritus urged Otumfuo to be a king with a difference – a forgiving king. He prayed for time spent in Ghana where (according to Isaiah 11: 6-7): "… the wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the kid, the calf, the cub, and the fatling together. and a little boy will lead them. And the cow and the bear will feed; their little ones will go to bed together; and the lion will eat straw like the ox.

The symbolic device used in this pbadage indicates "peace" and the archbishop emeritus felt that the search for peace was the aspiration of every man, perhaps just as the painting of the 1830s carried out by the American Quaker Edward Hicks on the theme: "Peaceful Kingdom". The archbishop emeritus saw the "bliss" … (Blessed are the poor in spirit …, bless those who cry …, bless those who are gentle, blessed those who are hungry and thirsty for justice …, blessed are those who are merciful …, blessed are blessed the pure hearts …, bless the peacemakers …, blessed those who are persecuted for justice) as the Magna Carta of Christianity. (The Magna Carta Libertatum – Great Charter of Freedoms – signed by King John of Runnymede in 1215 spoke of "liberties" and "rights" of the barons, including church rights, protection against corruption, and illegal imprisonment, access to quick justice).

It was telling that King Osei Tutu II greatly helped the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation to translate the Bible into the Ahanta language of the western region. Like the German Frederick the Wise who helped Martin Luther to translate the Bible into German and the British King James, who supported the translation of the Bible into English, Otumfuo Osei Tutu considered extending this task to all local languages.

The highlight of the day's activities was the hosting of Asantehene at a state banquet organized by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In extolling Otumfuo, the president said, "For me, his most successful accomplishment has been working with other stakeholders to find a lasting solution to Dagbon's stalemate." Long – standing friendship between the two great men could not escape any of them. "Otumfuo recalled," It is my lawyer who never asked me to pay a fee for the good services he provided. Rendered.^th US President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) became relevant: "The friend in my adversity, I will always cherish the most. I can trust more in those who have helped to soften the dimness of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy the sun of my prosperity with me. "

Kojo Antwi, Amakye Dede, the Police Women & Band Band and the National Symphony Orchestra gave a glimpse of their music during an evening that saw the biggest Ghanaians present at the moment.

Ms. Akosua Frema Osei Opare, Chief of Staff, you can not miss, Nana Otuo Sereboe II, President of the State Council and Juabenhene; you can not miss Daasebre Osei Bonsu, Mamponghene; Nana Adusei Atwerewa Ampem, Tepahene; Nana Amakye Ansah, Asokore Mamponghene and Nifahene of the Kumasi Traditional Council and Baafour Asare Owusu Amankwatia, Bantamahene. Of course, how could my dear old professor, Mike Oquaye, Speaker of Parliament, miss anyone? And their wives … Lady Julia Adadientem who also belonged to the night was her cool self; Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, the first lady, was haunting and, like the former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings, you had to stop to see the complex syncopations she was doing on the ground.

The philosophy of the attorney Kwame Awuah is manifested manifestly in his badysis of Malvolio's speech in "The Night of the Nights": Is it impossible for a man to combine the three: to be born grand , to reach greatness; Has grandeur been pushed to him? Alexander III, King of Macedonia (Greece), was not nicknamed by the Romans the epithet "Great" (Alexandri Magnum), only because he conquered Persia around 330 BC. J.-C.) and the encouragement of syncretism (badimilation of discrete traditions).

Bertrand Russell said in "Reflections on my eightieth birthday": "I have lived in pursuit of a vision, both personal and social. Personal: take care of what is noble, what is beautiful, what is sweet; allow moments of insight to give wisdom to more mundane moments. Social: to see in the imagination the society to create, in which individuals grow up freely and where hatred and envy die because there is nothing to feed them. These things that I believe, and the world, despite all its horrors, have left me unshakable. "

In Shakespeare, "As you like," Jaques told Duke Senior, "The whole world is a scene, and all the women are only players, they have their exits and their entrances, and a man of his time plays roles, his acts being seven years old – (child, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, pantalone, old age) The last scene that puts an end to this strange event is the history of second childhood and simple forgetfulness, without teeth , without eyes, without taste, without everything. "Totus mundus acts histrionem (Everyone plays the actor).

Let's hope that Nana Otumfuo will think about this question and ask herself: "What did Asanteman and Ghana look like in 1819, 1919? What do they look like in 2019 and what will they look like in 2119? Our bodies will have been wasted, absorbed by the earth: "earth to earth, ash to ashes, dust to dust" – but our actions and words will remain for posterity. His Excellency J. A. Kufuor, former President, prayed for God's counsel, Amen.

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