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Akosua
Akosua is an Akan given name to a female child born on Sunday (Kwasiada). It is mostly practised by all Akan (i.e Ashanti, Akuapem, Akyem, Akwamu, Bono, Fante) people who follow traditional customs. People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days. Akosua has the appellation Dampo meaning agility. Thus, females named Akosua are supposed to be agile. Origin and meaning In the Akan culture, day names are known to be derived from deities. Akosua is originated from Koyasi and from the Lord of Life Descent deity of the day Sunday. Females born on Sunday are known to be leaders in society or "clearer of the way" (obue-akwan). They are very inquisitive and tend to be pulled into a thing of interest. Female variants Day names in Ghana have varying spellings. This is so because of the various Akan subgroups. Each Akan subgroup has a similar or different spelling for the day name to other Akan subgr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akosua Adoma Owusu
Akosua Adoma Owusu (born January 1, 1984) is a Ghanaian-American filmmaker and producer. Her films explore the colliding identities of black immigrants in America through multiple forms ranging from cinematic essays to experimental narratives to reconstructed Black popular media. Interpreting the notion of "double consciousness," coined by sociologist and civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois, Owusu aims to create a third cinematic space or consciousness. In her work, feminism, queerness, and African identities interact in African, white American, and black American cultural spaces. She is currently a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Early life and education Owusu was born to Ghanaian parents and raised in an immigrant community in Alexandria, Virginia. She is the youngest of three siblings to Grace and Albert A. Owusu, Sr. Owusu holds master's degrees in the School of Film/Video and School of Fine Art from California Insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akosua Addai Amoo
Akosua Addai Amoo (born 4 December 1990) is a Ghanaian sports presenter, reporter and producer, formerly worked at Metro TV Ghana. Akosua Addai Amoo was also the host of a sport show on Metro TV's ''Sports World''. She is currently a freelance sports journalist. Early life and education Akosua was born on the 4 December 1990 in Accra the capital of Ghana. She attended Kiddy Gram Montessori and for primary and junior secondary school Alsyd Academy. After her Basic Education Certificate Examination exam she gained admission to Wesley Girls’ Senior High School. Akosua has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Ghana. Career 2010–2017, Metro TV Akosua's career as a sports broadcaster started when she was 19 years old in 2010 before gaining admission to University of Ghana. She interned at Metro TV and was production assistant for the TV's 2010 FIFA World Cup coverage. Akosua had her first appearance on television as a pundit for the FIFA U-20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akosua Agyapong
Akosua Agyapong (also spelled Agyepong; born 17 November 1959), is a Ghanaian female highlife singer and television personality. She was honored by the organizers of 3Music Awards for her achievement in the entertainment industry in Ghana. Early life Akosua Agyapong was born on 17 November 1969 in Accra, Ghana, to Asante and Akyem parents. She had her secondary education at the Holy Child High School in Cape Coast. Her mother was a Catholic while her father was an Anglican. Career Agyapong began singing at an early age and was discovered in the 1990s by highlife artiste Nana Ampadu, a highlife legend. Her first album, ''Frema'', was released on January 1, 1990. ''Frema'' had songs such as "Me ye Obaa" that became instant hits, in addition to other tracks, such as "Born again", "Anan tuo", and "San be hwe wo mba" among others. After the success of ''Frema'', she met Nat Brew and Rex Omar, who inspired her to release her subsequent album ''Esiwa'', another instant hit. In 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akosua Busia
Akosua Gyamama Busia (born 30 December 1966) is a Ghanaian actress, writer and songwriter. She is known to film audiences for playing Nettie Harris in the 1985 film '' The Color Purple''. She is the daughter of Ghanaian Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia. Early life Busia was born in Accra in 1966. She is the daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, who was prime minister of the Republic of Ghana (from 1969 to 1972) and a prince of the royal family of Wenchi, a subgroup of the Ashanti, making Akosua a princess too. Her sister, Abena Busia, is a poet and academic, who was a professor in English at Rutgers University, and since 2017 has been the Ghanaian ambassador to Brazil. Busia grew up in Ghana, and began her acting career at the age of 16, attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama on scholarship.Smith, Gail (4 December 1998)"Just don't say 'no'", ''Mail & Guardian'' (South Africa). Her first acting role was as Juliet in an otherwise white cast, performing Shakespeare's ''Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Josephine Akosua Adomako Ampofo is a Ghanaian academic who is a professor of Gender Studies and African Studies at the University of Ghana. She is feminist activist-scholar, and a strong advocate for social justice. Early life and education Ampofo's mother is German and her father is Ghanaian and Asante. Her father's family come from the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) tradition. Ampofo attended Aburi Girls' Secondary School. Ampofo earned her bachelor's degree at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where she studied architectural design. She earned her master's degree at the same university in development planning and management. Ampofo earned her PhD in sociology from Vanderbilt University. Additionally, she holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Spatial Planning from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany. Academic career Ampofo started teaching at the University of Ghana (UG) in 1989. During 1994 and 1995, Ampofo was a Junior Fulbright Scholar. In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frema Opare
Akosua Frema Osei-Opare (born, June 5, 1947) is a Development Practitioner, an Academic, Economist and a Ghanaian politician. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Having spent 40 years in these domains, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, is an expert in labour and hiring as well as development consulting. She represented Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency in the Parliament of Ghana. She is the former and first female Chief of Staff of Ghana. serving from January 7, 2017 to January 6, 2025 under the leadership or presidency of Nana Akuffo Addo. Early life and education Frema was born on 5th June 1947. She hails from Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. She attended St. Monica's Secondary School, Mampong- Ashanti. She had her bachelor's degree in Home Science from the University of Ghana. She proceeded to University of Guelph for a master's degree in Food Science. Frema is married with four children. Career Frema lectured at the Department of Home Sciences of the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akosua Serwaa
Akosua Serwaa (born 3 January 1981, in Kumasi) is a Ghanaian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She finished seventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris and won a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja. Her personal best time is 1:59.60 minutes, achieved in July 2004 in Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, .... References External links * * * * 1981 births Living people Ghanaian female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ghana African Games silver medalists for Ghana African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Kumasi Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games {{Ghana-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becca (Ghanaian Singer)
Rebecca Akosua Acheampomaa Acheampong (born 15 August 1984), known :wikt:mononym, mononymously as Becca, is a Ghanaian people, Ghanaian singer, songwriter and actress. She first gained recognition as a contestant on the second season of TV3 Ghana's annual singing competition, ''Mentor''. Her debut studio album ''Sugar'', which was released in 2007, earned her five nominations at the 2008 Ghana Music Awards, including Record of the Year for "You Lied to Me". On 16 May 2013, Becca released her second studio album ''Time 4 Me'', which features collaborations with 2face Idibia, M.I Abaga, MI, King Ayisoba, Trigmatic, Jay Storm and Akwaboah Jnr, Akwaboah. The album was certified two-times platinum in Ghana. Becca's accolades include one Kora Award, one National Youth Achievers Award, four Ghana Music Awards, and three 4Syte TV Music Video Awards. In 2013, she headlined the annual Girl Talk concert, which started in 2011. Becca was ranked 94 on E.tv Ghana's 2013 list of the 100 most in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akan Language
Akan (), or Twi-Fante, is the most populous language of Ghana, and the principal native language of the Akan people, spoken over much of the southern half of Ghana. About 80% of Ghana's population speak Akan as a first or second language, and about 44% of Ghanaians are native speakers. The Bono dialect is also spoken across the border in Ivory Coast. Three dialects were developed as literary standards with distinct orthographies: Asante and Akuapem, collectively known as Twi, and Fante. Despite being mutually intelligible, they were inaccessible in written form to speakers of the other standards until the Akan Orthography Committee (AOC)'s development of a common Akan orthography in 1978, based mainly on Akuapem dialect. As the first Akan variety to be used for Bible translation, Akuapem had become the prestige dialect. With the Atlantic slave trade, Akan languages were introduced to the Caribbean and South America, notably in Suriname, spoken by the Ndyuka, and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adwoa
Adwoa is a given name used for women born on Monday in Western Africa, particularly Ghana and some parts of Togo, southern Benin and Ivory Coast. Day names are a cultural practice of the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. It is actually practiced by all Akan (i.e. all the various Akan subgroups) people who follow traditional customs. People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days. Adwoa has the appellation Badwo or Akoto meaning peace. Thus, females named Adwoa are supposed to be peaceful. Origin and meaning of Adwoa In the Akan culture, day names are known to be derived from deities. Adwoa is originated from Koyayuda and from the Lord of Life Firmament deity of the day Monday. Females born on Monday are known to be calm, peacemakers and protectors. They tend to be nurturing and achieve a balance between strength and compassion. Female variants of Adwoa Day names in Ghana have varying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akan Day Names
The Akan people of Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Togo frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. These "day names" have further meanings concerning the soul and character of the person. Middle names have considerably more variety and can refer to their birth order, twin status, or an ancestor's middle name. This naming tradition is shared throughout West Africa and the African diaspora. During the 18th–19th centuries, enslaved people in the Caribbean from the region that is modern-day Ghana were referred to as Coromantees. Many of the leaders of enslaved people's rebellions had "day names" including Cuffy, Cuffee or Kofi, Cudjoe or Kojo, Quao or Quaw, and Quamina or Kwame/Kwamina. Most Ghanaians have at least one name from this system, even if they also have an English or Christian name. Notable figures with day names include Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah and former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akwasi
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. Akwasi has the appellation Bodua or Obueakwan meaning agility. Thus, males named Akwasi are supposed to be agile by nature. Origin and Meaning In the Akan culture, day names are known to be derived from deities. Akwasi originated from Koyasi and the Lord of Life Descent deity of the day Sunday. Males named Akwasi are known to be leaders in society and also known to be "clearer of the way" (obue-akwan). They are very inquisitive and tend to be pulled into a thing of interest. Male Variants of Akwasi Day names in Ghana vary in spelling among the various Akan subgroups. The name is spelt Akwasi or Kwasi by the Akuapem, Akyem, Akwamu, Bono and Ashanti subgroups while the Fante subgroup spell it as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
