Afua (, ) or Efua (, ) is an Akan day name traditionally given to girls born on a Friday; the equivalent male name is

Kofi Kofi is an Akan masculine given name among the Akan people (such as the Ashanti and Fante) in Ghana that is given to a boy born on Friday. Traditionally in Ghana, a child would receive their Akan day name during their Outdooring, eight days aft ...

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* Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, Ghanaian pædiatric surgeon and former president of the Medical Women's International Association * Afua Bruce, American engineer, data executive, professor, and politician * Afua Cooper (born 1957), Canadian historian and dub poet, born in Jamaica * Afua Hirsch (born 1981), British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister, born in Norway * Afua Kobi (fl. 1834–1884), of the Ashanti Empire * Afua Kuma (1908–1987), Ghanaian oral theologian * Afua Osei, American entrepreneur and public speaker, co-founder of She Leads Africa * Afua Richardson (born 1980), African–Native American comic book artist *

Efua Asibon Efua Asibon was one of the three Ghanaians that won the Queen's Young Leader Award in 2017. She is an account manager for Facebook in Ireland the co-founder of Dislabelled, a non profit organisation in Ghana that supports, empowers and educates pe ...

, Ghanaian businesswoman * Efua Baker (born c. 1967), British singer-songwriter and celebrity fitness expert, born in Ghana * Efua Dorkenoo (1949–2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua", Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation * Efua Sutherland (1924–1996), Ghanaian playwright, director, dramatist, children's author, poet, educationalist, researcher, child advocate, and cultural activist * Efua Traoré, Nigerian-German writer

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