The howling cry through door posts
carrying boiling pots
ready for the feasters.
Kutsiami the benevolent boatman;
when I come to the river shore
please ferry me across
I do not have tied in my cloth the
Ku-tsiami literally means “death-translator” in Ewe, or someone who facilitates the transition to death. It is common in Ewe to say that someone how has died has “crossed the river,” a metaphor for the  journey  from life to death. In Ewe mythology, Kutsiami is the ferryman who transports the souls of the dead from life.
The Journey Beyond