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The Marriage of Princess Victoria Nukpeza: Drawing Attention to the Family as the Sacred  Foundation of  the Human  Society
The Marriage of Princess Victoria Nukpeza: Drawing Attention to the Family as the Sacred  Foundation of  the Human  Society
The Marriage of Princess Victoria Nukpeza: Drawing Attention to the Family as the Sacred  Foundation of  the Human  Society
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This book, THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS VICTORIA NUKPEZA, is a drama cast in historical fi ction. It is basically about the marriage of a young lady, Princess Victoria Nukpeza. Her fi rst three suitors were rejected by her parents because they wanted her to have good education so that, after marriage, should the storms of life get rough she could stand on her own. Finally, she got married and the play ends as the royal couple go for their honey-moon.
The drama, presented as a social critique, is a discussion in family ambiance, touching on science, history, culture, religion and national food security etc. It gives positive rating to Ghanas Democratic Credentials, extolling the great Four Johns of the Republic. Dr. Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary General was appreciated for his cool and dispassionate negotiation tactics and for his professional management of the United Nations. He saved the World from the brink of another world war, thus winning Nobel Peace Prize for the World Body and for his personal performance.
The book honours the lives of two great men. A General of the Ghana Army once said: Those who do not remember their dead heroes are not worth dying for. The book, therefore, links up people across the world especially in France, Germany, Ghana, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK who decided to celebrate the centenary of Dr. Raphael E. G. Armattoe. He was a renowned Physician, Nuclear Scientist and Anthropologist who loved the Human Family. Secondly, the book pays a glowing tribute to President John Evans Atta Mills, a Law Professor who became President of the Republic of Ghana. He took a fi rm decision never to opt for gay rights policy in Ghana and to defend the nuclear Family as the Sacred Foundation of Society.
The book shares the view that same-sex marriage (SSM) is a sure conduit to the facing out of some of the worlds best brains and makes a campaign in defence of the Family as the Sacred Institution of the Human Society. It urges the United Nations to consider setting up a Commission, or Department etc. to be devoted to the Human Family, the Sacred Foundation of our society.
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Release dateApr 1, 2014
ISBN9781481769358
The Marriage of Princess Victoria Nukpeza: Drawing Attention to the Family as the Sacred  Foundation of  the Human  Society
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John A. Kuleke

JOHN A. KULEKE, the author of the book, The Marriage of Princess Victoria Nukpeza, is a retired Ghanaian Diplomat who has served in the Ghana Foreign Service for over thirty years. He is the CEO of Gateway Partners (GH), an NGO devoted to building Schools and Clinics in remote and deprived communities. Mr. Kuleke is married with children. His family is based in Ghana but he continues to travel extensively. He observes that under the auspices of the United Nations, Organizations or Departments etc. were set up e.g. for the Health of Humanity (the W.H.O.), for our Children (UNICEF), for our Environment (UNEP) and for the Forests of the World (United Nations Forum on Forests) etc. In the light of the emerging phenomenon of same-sex-marriage and its possible impact on the family, the State, society and the world population in general, he advocates that the United Nations could also set up a Committee, a Department or Organization etc. to be devoted to the Human Family which is unarguably the Sacred Foundation of the Human Society.

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    The Marriage of Princess Victoria Nukpeza - John A. Kuleke

    © 2014 by John A. Kuleke. All rights reserved.

    No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

    Published by AuthorHouse 03/28/2014

    ISBN: 978-1-4817-6934-1 (sc)

    ISBN: 978-1-4817-6935-8 (e)

    Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

    CONTENTS

    DEDICATION

    VARIOUS CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY

    ACT I

    ACT II

    ACT III

    ACT IV

    ACT V

    ACT VI

    ACT VII

    ACT VIII

    ACT IX

    ACT X

    ACT XI

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    DEDICATION

    This book is dedicated to the loving memory of Togbe Fenuku Ladzedo and Mama Ama Dumordzi who passionately loved the members of their family for whom they worked tirelessly during their whole lives. Despite their estates of hectares of palm trees, ground nut, sweet potatoes, corn and cassava farms, they considered their children, their real wealth and legacy. For their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, the lives of Togbe and Mama remained forever in their minds as legendary family icons. Secondly, the book is dedicated to all the men, women and children across the world who love and cherish the family.

    VARIOUS CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY

    His Majesty Togbe Kwame Patrick Nukpeza V, Chief of Battor-Torvlorvlorkorfe

    His Majesty Nana Ntim Boakye IV, Paramount Chief of Nhyira-Nkwanta Traditional Area

    Her Majesty Mama Philomena Afiba Nukpeza, wife of Togbe

    Princess Akofa, first child and senior daughter of Togbe

    Prince Tsavo, second child and first son of Togbe

    Princess Victoria, fifth child and youngest daughter of Togbe and subject of moves of several suitors

    Amegayibor Kofi, royal counsellor, popularly called "Amega"

    Nyavor, royal linguist

    Bediako James, A contractor and lover of Princess Victoria

    Dunyo Kwame, DCE, a lover of Princess Victoria

    Awukuga Isaac, Internal Revenue Officer, a lover of Princess Victoria

    Dogbe, personal assistant to the chief

    Deputy Managing Director at the Waterville Hotel

    Matron of the Waterville Hotel

    Chamber maid and personal assistant to the Queen

    Nyagblordzro, Servant in the Palace

    Hotel Clerk

    Master of Ceremonies (MC) and Ushers.

    Adowa Musical Troupe

    Agbadza Musical Troupe

    Anglesi Musical Troupe

    Ashiagbekor Musical Troupe

    Awuna Musical Troupe

    Borborbor Musical Troupe

    Dzawusi Musical Troupe

    Kenka Musical Troupe

    Madedzi Musical Troupe

    Tokoe Musical Troupe

    Wulome Musical Troupe

    ACT I

    SCENE I—In a street in the town

    (Enter James Bediako and later joined by Kofi Amegayibor)

    Bediako: Oh, that I can marry this lady! She is a paragon of beauty. Beauty most natural! Beauty most lovely! Her very smiles are comforting; even when she is serious, her beauty calms you. Blessed is that man who will be the husband of such a woman. She is very cultured, surely from a good home and has had adequate training from home. I am ready to make any sacrifice to marry her to take care of my life, our children and our home. Yes, I can entrust my house, my life and my children to her, should I travel across the world and when I come back home, my home, my children all will be safe under her care.

    Enter Mr Amegayibor

    Amega: Bediako, how are you? How is Accra? I hope your soliloquy is on a happy note. What brings you here? Well, I see you are walking towards the palace of the Chief. Where is your car?

    Bediako: I wanted to see the Chief. What a happy coincidence! It is my hope to meet you and discuss some personal matters with you. My intention is to see you or in your absence, see the linguist, Mr Nyavor. Lo! And behold here you are as my preliminary encounter before reaching the palace. Sir, the Togbe was my Professor in Mathematics when he was lecturing in K.N.U.S.T. When he retired and was enstooled as Chief, some of us came all the way from Kumasi to congratulate him. During your last year Hogbeza festival, he invited members of the old boys’ association and I was privileged to be part of the delegation which participated in your last-year annual festival.

    Amega: You are welcome! (They shook hands and exchanged greetings as they go along). You want to see Togbe today? Did you book any appointment? Or, you might have telephoned him before travelling. If you have not given any earlier notification to see him, then it may be a little tough since many people come from all over the country to see him. It is always on appointment.

    Bediako: Is it possible you can organise that for me? I better confide in you. I am interested in his daughter. Can you help me?

    Amega: If that is the case, then you better go back for a while. You and I should not enter the palace together. Give me your telephone number. I’ll flash you to signal when you should come. The trouble is that the nephew of the Chief’s linguist is interested in the young lady. To muddy the waters, the nephew of the linguist is the present DCE who tries to frequent the palace because of the lady, surely not because of the Chief. That is why I say that you should go back for a while. The DCE is very powerful.

    Bediako: So, do you think I don’t have a chance?

    Amega: Well, a late-comer may not be late. It is true that the DCE has a lot of influence here. He is young and flamboyant but the old man does not like politicians. According to him these politicians tell lies; they don’t say what is in their hearts and don’t do what they should do; they wear masks. They are not themselves. For your information, the Chief and the wife have refused three earlier suitors.

    Bediako: Oh! Really? Why?

    Amega: At that time, the lady was in school and they simply didn’t want to allow their daughter to marry too young without a reliable profession which can sustain her and her household when the storms of life get rough. The mother pampers that girl very much. She is the last child and she is daddy’s daughter who used to go everywhere with the dad when she was very young but she is now an adult, working and can no longer behave like that. We call her the modern Cleopatra. She knows a great deal about the history, the tradition, laws, customs and practices of our royal ancestry. The old man would have wished she were a boy to take over from him but alas! The tradition here is that only a son can be placed on the stool. The stool for the Queens and Queen Mothers lies in another family line. In this part of the country, we practice patrilineal system. At any rate, the Chief and the wife have refused three suitors before but the reason for such refusals has been washed away by the passage of time. She is now of age; she has finished school: After HND in Catering, she got BSc in Hotel Management and Hospitality Studies. She is the Managing Director of Waterville Hotel at Battor, some three kilometres away. The Hotel belongs to the father. If God blesses you to have the fiat of the parents or better still, the fiat of her heart, I can assure you that you will eat good food. You made a great step on your dream by coming down here. Move on and achieve your dream.

    Bediako: So, with this DCE hanging around… .

    Amega: Move on and achieve your dream, DCE or no DCE. It is a competitive world. Survival for the fittest! Don’t be afraid of the DCE. Just try and finish the race and see how it ends. After all, the long and short of it all is that the matter rests with the lady as people say: it is the heart of the lady which decides. Gone were the days when the youth were married or given in marriage over a tot of schnapps or akpeteshie drunk by the old men, unknown to the couple. Of course, some people within our population may still practice that old system. As for women, when their hearts decide, then you can conveniently say: "The die is cast!"

    Bediako: Oh! I see! A DCE has taken the lady?

    Amega: No. I did not say that. I said that our DCE is interested in her and frequents the palace.

    Bediako: So what do I do? You think it may not be worth pursuing the matter.

    Amega: Well, it is a hot issue even in the palace. It is an issue that is almost tearing the family apart as the mother likes the DCE while the old man doesn’t like politicians. Just go back, I say. The linguist should not see you and me together since you are on such a mission. Worst of all, the mother should not see us together. The DCE pays courtesies to the mother, a retired pharmacist, too much to my liking, bringing her gifts etc. At any rate, never mind. Marriage or love is a different ball game let alone when it comes to choosing a woman. For sure, as I had earlier told you, the old man does not as a matter of principle like politicians. In his opinion, they tell lies and wear masks. The only politicians he openly liked very much are President Kwame Nkrumah and President John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills. He was in the Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute. So you can see that he is an Nkrumaist. As for President Mills, they were old friends; he used to simply call the President, Fiifi but of course later he had to say His Excellency, the President. Coming back to the issue at stake, perhaps you can go to the Waterville Hotel and you will come to the palace when I flash you on your mobile phone.

    Bediako: I am very grateful, Sir. Please kindly drink some beer in my name. (Bediako offers fifty Ghana Cedis to the old courtier).

    Amega: (The old Courtier receives the money). Well, I hope it is not a bribe. You are a stranger in town and by tradition, I must welcome you and should not get money to welcome you.

    Bediako: Oh, it is not a bribe. You received me very well and at first encounter, you were very nice to me and gave me guidance and vital information. This is simply my sincere gesture of gratitude, Sir.

    Amega: (Pockets the money.)When you happen to meet Princess Victoria find a way of suggesting to her to introduce you to the parents before you leave for

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