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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 Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, , is a Ghanaian surgeon and the first Ghanaian-trained female doctor to become a paediatric surgeon. In August 2010, she became the first Ghanaian and second African to be elected President of the Medical Women's Internati ...
, Ghanaian pædiatric surgeon and former president of the Medical Women's International Association *
Afua Bruce Afua Bruce is an American engineer, data executive, professor, and former U.S. government official who has held appointments at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and on President Joe Bidenâ ...
, American engineer, data executive, professor, and politician *
Afua Cooper Afua Cooper (born 8 November 1957) is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian. In 2018 she is an associate professor of sociology at Dalhousie University. She is an author and dub poet. As of 2018 she has published five volumes of poetry.
(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 Afua Kobi ( fl. 1834–1884) was an ''asantehemaa'' of the Ashanti Empire. Afua Kobi, an Asante ruler in the Asante Kingdom in present day Ghana, was an "''asantehemaa"'', that refers to a "queen mother". She informed the Asante royal council to a ...
(fl. 1834–1884), of the Ashanti Empire *
Afua Kuma Afua Kuma (1908 – 1987) was a Ghanaian oral theologian. Biography Afua Kuma was born in Obo Kwahu in the Eastern Region of Ghana. In her childhood, she helped her parents in farming and trading and did not go to school. Although she was broug ...
(1908–1987), Ghanaian oral theologian *
Afua Osei Afua Osei is an entrepreneur, investor and public speaker who co-founded ''She Leads Africa'', a media company for millennial African women. Early life and education Born in Washington, DC, Osei spent her formative years in Prince George's Co ...
, 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 Efua Dorkenoo, OBE (6 September 1949 – 18 October 2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua",
(1949–2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua", Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation *
Efua Sutherland Efua Theodora Sutherland (born 27 June 1924 – 2 January 1996) was a Ghanaian playwright, director, dramatist, children's author, poet, educationalist, researcher, child advocate, and cultural activist. Her works include the plays ''Foriwa'' ...
(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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Afuʻalo Matoto ʻOtenifi Afuʻalo Matoto, styled Lord Matoto of Tuʻanekivale, is a Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of w ...
, Tongan political figure and life peer * '' Afuang: Bounty Hunter'', 1988 Philippine biographical action film *
Charles Afuakwah Charles Afuakwah (born 27 June 1966 in Ghana) is a Ghanaian-born Scottish former rugby union player who played for Glasgow Rugby, now Glasgow Warriors at the Lock position. Rugby Union career Amateur career Before professionalism he played f ...
(born 1966), Scottish former rugby union player born in Ghana {{given name Feminine given names