Baëta is a surname of Portuguese language or
Lusophone
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origin. The surname is common among an
Anlo Ewe coastal family from
Keta, Ghana and
Lomé, Togo whose ancestors were
Afro-Brazilian-
Portuguese. Notable people with this surname include:
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Christian Gonçalves Kwami Baëta
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(1908 – 1994), Ghanaian academic,
Presbyterian minister and Synod Clerk of the
Evangelical Presbyterian Church of the Gold Coast from 1945 to 1949, who was instrumental in the establishment of the
University of Ghana
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The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...
,
Legon in 1948
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Annie Ruth Baëta Jiagge (1918 – 1996), women's rights advocate, the first woman in Ghana and the
Commonwealth of Nations
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to become a
judge
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{{surname, Baëta
Ghanaian families
Ghanaian surnames
Patronymic surnames
Surnames of Portuguese origin
Presbyterian families
Ewe people
Ewe families
Baëta family