GHANA BEING TRUE TO OUR ROOTS!!




Hello there! This is a web application that takes your birthday details and calculates the day of the week you were born and then depending on your gender, outputs your Akan Name. Frequently in Ghana, children are given their first name as a 'day name' which corresponds to the day in the week they were born.

FEMALE


Sunday: Akosua
Monday: Adwoa
Tuesday: Abenaa
Wednesday: Akua
Thursday: Yaa
Friday: Afua
Saturday: Ama

BACKGROUND


The naming system of the Akan people uses the Kwa language group's system of timekeeping, which is based on a six-day week('nnanson'), with the seventh inclusive. In Ashanti homes, Sunday-born males and females are named Kwasi or Kwesi and Akosua respectively (meaning ‘associated with the universe’);
Monday-born are Kwadwo or Kojo, Adjoa or Adwoa (meaning ‘associated with peace’);
Tuesday-born are Kwabena or Kobi, Abena (meaning ‘associated with the ocean’);
Wednesday-born Kwaku or Kweku, Akua (meaning ‘associated with spider/Ananse’);
Thursday-born Yaw, Yaa ( meaning ‘associated with the earth’);
Friday-born Kofi, Afia or Afua (meaning ‘associated with fertility’); and
Saturday-born Kwame, Ama (meaning ‘associated with God’).

MALE


Sunday: Kwasi
Monday: Kwadwo
Tuesday: Kwabena
Wednesday: Kwaku
Thursday: Yaw
Friday: Kofi
Saturday: Kwame

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