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Yaba
OriginTwi
Meaning"Born on a Thursday"
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About Yaba
The Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. Most Ghanaians have a name using this system (think Kofi Annan, whose name means born on a Friday).
Yaba is the female name for babies born on a Thursday (the male variant is Yaw).
Pronounced YAH-bah.
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- Yaa Asantewaa
Queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, Ghana, led the War of the Golden Stool against British colonialism
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