Nkrumah

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en-KROO-mah'en-KROO-mah'3 syllables

🇬🇭Akan

Leader

MEANING

Born on Saturday

ORIGIN

Ghanaian

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from Akan naming tradition where children are named based on the day of the week on which they were born.

CULTURAL NOTES

Nkrumah is traditionally given to males born on Saturday in Akan cultures.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Popularized by Kwame Nkrumah, the first President and Prime Minister of Ghana.

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