Subject: RE: BS: Are rhetorical questions ruining the BS
From: Azizi - PM
Date: 07 Mar 06 - 05:20 PM

"About the name Kwadwo/Kojo and Kudjo. The first one is an Akan male born on Monday. Now when the child is being named,most of the time this name is not mentioned because it obvious that he was born on Monday so the name is his. He is rather given the name of either his father,grandfather,uncle or even aunties depending on the tribe. So let's say that you have four boys born on monday,the first one can be called either Kwadwo or the name given to him during the naming ceremony,and this can apply to the rest of the boys,so it depends on you the mother who was there at the naming ceremony to distinguish between the boys. Eg. my dad is Kweku,my uncle Kweku,my grandfather Kweku and myself Kweku(Kuuku). Now when we meet,my mother will call me Kweku Nyarko, my grandfather Kweku Ntefo.So there is no confusion.

The name Kojo and Kudjo is a name for males born on Monday belonging to the Ewe tribe(another tribe found in Ghana,Togo,Benin and Nigeria). The Ewe are our brothers and we have a lot of things in common. They also have names like adwoa/adwoavi etc."
-Quarcoo, from email to Azizi 3/7/06