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    This Twi poem from Ghana expresses apology and regret. It is titled "Tue Tue Barima / Sorry Man Sorry" and consists of repeating the phrase "due due" which means "sorry sorry". The poem is apologizing to a "barima" or male, taking responsibility for causing him to "fall flat" or become helpless as a result of the actions of a young boy referred to as "abofra ba". The document provides explanations of the Twi words and phrases used in the poem to convey that it is simply expressing sorrow and apology to a man for something a young boy had done to cause him to fall.

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    This Twi poem from Ghana expresses apology and regret. It is titled "Tue Tue Barima / Sorry Man Sorry" and consists of repeating the phrase "due due" which means "sorry sorry". The poem is apologizing to a "barima" or male, taking responsibility for causing him to "fall flat" or become helpless as a result of the actions of a young boy referred to as "abofra ba". The document provides explanations of the Twi words and phrases used in the poem to convey that it is simply expressing sorrow and apology to a man for something a young boy had done to cause him to fall.

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    This Twi poem from Ghana expresses apology and regret. It is titled "Tue Tue Barima / Sorry Man Sorry" and consists of repeating the phrase "due due" which means "sorry sorry". The poem is apologizing to a "barima" or male, taking responsibility for causing him to "fall flat" or become helpless as a result of the actions of a young boy referred to as "abofra ba". The document provides explanations of the Twi words and phrases used in the poem to convey that it is simply expressing sorrow and apology to a man for something a young boy had done to cause him to fall.

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    Tue Tue Barima / Sorry Man Sorry

    (Twi) Ghana

    Due due, barima


    due due
    Abofra ba
    Ama wa da wa, da wa.
    Due due
    Barima, due due.

    Simply means SORRY SENIOR MAN


    SORRY, THIS SMALL BOY HAD MADE
    YOU FALLEN FLAT SORRY SORRY.
    1.DUE DUE means sorry sorry
    2.BARIMA means a man/young man/boy–
    (simply a male.
    3.ABOFRA BA means a young boy/young
    girl.
    4.AMA WA DA WAA means you have fallen
    flat or helpless.

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