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  2. Akan names - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] The Ashanti people usually give these names so that the names of close relatives be maintained in the families to show the love for their families. [5] [6] In the olden days of Ashanti it was a disgrace if an Ashanti man was not able to name any child after his father and/or mother because that was the pride of every Ashanti household.

  3. Category:African given names - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "African given names" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of ...

  4. Ghanaian name - Wikipedia

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    Most day names among the Mole-Dagombas are usually given to girls, and few are given to both sexes. Most Ghanaians have at least one name from this system, even if they also have an Arabic or western name. Notable figures with day names include Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.

  5. Efik name - Wikipedia

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    Week-day names are also common in other West African ethnic groups such as the Akan, Hausa, Igbo and several others. Children may also be assigned names according to the time of the day of which they were born. [3] For example, a male child born at night is named Okon and a female child born at night is named Nko or Nkoyo. [3]

  6. Kwame - Wikipedia

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    Kwame is an Akan masculine given name among the Akan people (such as the Akuapem, Ashanti, Akyem, Bono and Fante) in Ghana which is given to a boy born on Saturday. [1] Traditionally in Ghana, a child would receive their Akan day name during their Outdooring , eight days after birth.

  7. Akan calendar - Wikipedia

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    Understandably there is no equivalent in English to the six-day week. The seven-day week of the English and Akan calendars are, however, equivalent, with the suffix -da (day) added to the names of the days in the above list (Sunday is Kwasida, Saturday is Memenada, and so on). Every second year or so Easter occurs on an Akwasidae.

  8. Category:African masculine given names - Wikipedia

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  9. Akwasi - Wikipedia

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    Akwasi or Kwasí or Kwesi is an Akan masculine given name originating from the Akan people and their Akan day naming system, meaning born on a Sunday.People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days.