Excerpt [with correction of typo] from

Subject: RE: BS: Are rhetorical questions ruining the BS
From: Azizi - PM
Date: 28 Feb 06 - 07:19 PM

.."You may find this interesting:

Not only are there Ghanaian day names:

Ghanaian Day Names

but there are Ghanaian birth order names:

Akan Birth Order Names

Some examples:
Kofi Annan {male born on Friday, 4th born}
Kwame Nkruma- {male born on Saturday, 9th born}

Also, ...Kojo Nnamdi has an Akan {Ghana and The Ivory Coast first name: Kojo=male born on Monday and Nnamdi=father's name lives on {Ibo, Nigeria}. Given this combination, though I'm going to admit that I don't know who Kojo Nnamdi is, I bet he's African American.
Since we don't know our specific African roots, we often mix and match names and traditions.