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Akua Tegata
Akua is an Akan people, Akan female given name among the Akan people (i.e. Ashanti people, Ashanti, Akuapem people, Akuapem, Bono people, Bono, Akwamu, Akyem, Fante people, Fante) in Ghana that means "born on a Wednesday" in Asante dialect, Akan language, following their Akan names, day naming system. People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days. Origin and meaning In the Akan culture, day names are known to be derived from deities. Akua originated from Wukuada and from the Lord of Life's Sky (heavenly) Host Day deity for Wednesday. Females born on Wednesday are champions of the cause of others. The name is also associated with a spider (Ananse). Female variant 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 subgroups. Akua is spelt Akua by the Akuapem, Akyem, Bon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akan People
The Akan () people are a kwa languages, Kwa group living primarily in present-day Ghana and in parts of Ivory Coast and Togo in West Africa. The Akan speak languages within the Central Tano languages, Central Tano branch of the Potou–Tano languages, Potou–Tano subfamily of the Niger–Congo languages, Niger–Congo family.''Languages of the Akan Area: Papers in Western Kwa Linguistics and on the Linguistic Geography of the Area of Ancient''. Isaac K. Chinebuah, H. Max J. Trutenau, Linguistic Circle of Accra, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 1976, pp. 168. Subgroups of the Akan people include: the Adansi, Agona, Akuapem people, Akuapem, Akwamu, Akyem, Anyi people, Anyi, Ashanti people, Asante, Baoulé people, Baoulé, Bono people, Bono, Chakosi people, Chakosi, Fante people, Fante, Kwahu, Sefwi people, Sefwi, Wassa, Ahanta people, Ahanta, Denkyira and Nzema people, Nzema, among others. The Akan subgroups all have cultural attributes in common; most notably the tracing of royal m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
