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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.
In the language Akan , Mensah-Bonsu's name means King (Nana) Father (Papa) Thursday-Born (Yaw) Third Son (Mensah) Whale (Bonsu) in the Akan names system; has suggested in interviews that his family earned the surname when an ancestor slew a whale; [109] plays for Galatasaray Liv Hospital of the Turkish Basketball League; has a number of ...
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Kwaku (Kweku, Kuuku, Korku, Kɔku, Kouakou), is an Akan given name for male children born on Wednesday to the Akan and Ewe ethnic groups. Akan birthday names are associated with appellations that give an indication of the character of people born on such days. [1] Typical appellations for Kwaku are Atobi, Daaku or Bonsam meaning evil. [1]
The name Odomankoma means "Creator" which is said to be derived from the literal translations of the two sections of his name, "Dom" (meaning state or universe) and "Anko-ma" (meaning "who alone gives"). The name "Odomankoma" therefore means, in the literal sense, "The only one who gives the universe or world". [2]
"Oborɔnyi fitaa," meaning "white foreigner" refers to White people, "fitaa" is the Akan word for the color "white". "Obibini-borɔnyi," meaning "black -foreigner" is an amusing (and acceptable) term for a very light-skinned African or an African who has been heavily influenced by foreign cultures.
Akosua is an Akan given name to a female child born on Sunday (Kwasiada). [1] [2] It is mostly practised by all Akan (i.e Ashanti, Akuapem, Akyem, Akwamu, Bono, Fante) people who follow traditional customs. [3] People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days.
The Akan speak languages within the Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano subfamily of the Niger–Congo family. [2] Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Agona, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi, Asante, Baoulé, Bono, Chakosi, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi, Wassa, Ahanta, Denkyira and Nzema, among others. The Akan subgroups all have cultural ...