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New Liverpool star Wijnaldum drops his Ghanaian name Boateng

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  • joe,london 7 years ago

    I will not be surprised if you have a ghanaian ancestry.A section of black surinamese are ghanaians of asante origin.

  • mms 7 years ago

    The Ghanaians who were sent to Suriname belong to Agona not Asante, get it right

  • 1 Loaf 7 years ago

    Wijnaldum is a Grune name from Gaane inthe upper east region. It means mahama will use nana aduie as his foot stool.

  • Adam Tamale 7 years ago

    Slaves were taken from all over the country so how do you know that they are from the Ashanti tribe? This lies must stop!

  • kofi totobi kwakye 7 years ago

    Ghana has produced better players and personalities, Kwame Nkrumah is from Ghana, he is responsible for the independence of all Africa and the Caribbean countries. You are lucky to have your roots from here because this is th ...
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  • Saint Ghfuo: Mediocrity Stinks Cuuuhh 7 years ago

    In the days of Nkrumah when Ghana was attractive and enviable even non blacks came to live there, marry Ghanaian women nowadays men and attended skuul. Today, even native born Ghanaians are ditching the place and want nothing ...
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  • mms 7 years ago

    and if you have been already diagnosed as a mental case, take your medicine and stop writing nonsense in this forum

  • Emperor Rasheed 7 years ago

    All the saints(Saint Anthony,saint Michael,saint Peter,saint George) will attack and cripple you, if you don't stop insulting our saint.

  • DIAMOND 7 years ago

    mms, GHFUO did not say anything bad, let alone terrible, IN THIS PARTICULAR PIECE.

    If he writes ANALYTICALLY like this, forumers are less likely to be fighting with him all the time.

    Therefore, I think you're unfair to ...
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  • Oppong 7 years ago

    call players stupid.don't follow this Lunatic.most useless GUY on earth

  • Saint Ghfuo: Mediocrity Stinks Cuuuhh 7 years ago

    Look at ur posts. Do they make sense? U said slaves from Ghana to Suriname were from agona? Really? Idiot...how big is Ghana or even west africa? Nuff said!

  • Oppong 7 years ago

    you call who stupid?

  • Kofi G 7 years ago

    According to what he is saying, that means he is not a Ghanaian. Period.

  • PASTOR,,OGOGLO QUARTER,,!!! 7 years ago

    SO THE MUM AND UNCLE BOATENG HAD NO KIDS,,ABIN WAHA,,

  • Emperor Rasheed 7 years ago

    Please can I marry your sister for Nkrata?

  • Yaw 7 years ago

    Hahahahahahahahhaha! Ghanaweb! Trying to reap what we haven't merit. Read carefully what the guy said, step father not biological father. Oh charley! Ghanaweb ngbewo oh!

  • modinsane 7 years ago

    Surinamese are from Ghana if you don't know.

  • DIAMOND 7 years ago

    Yeah, from Gold Coast to Dutch Guiana in the 16th century to Holland in the 21st.

    He is telling us he is neither Ghanaian nor Surinamese, but Dutch. Let's get that clear. It's over, Nyantakyi. Don't even think about beggin ...
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  • Jude 7 years ago

    Let us hang that matter some where
    after all his name as a Ghanaian doesn't brings any improvement to Mahama administration .

  • TnI 7 years ago

    But why would the stepfather change his name. Not a big deal, looks like you are acceptable in the Netherlands if you are from Surinam a Dutch colony.

  • DIAMOND 7 years ago

    "But why would the stepfather change his name"?

    Because of love by step-father for step-son.

    Have you heard of William Jefferson Blythe?

  • Odoba 7 years ago

    This is very bad journalism. Have has that got to do with his signing of that new contract?
    This name dropping was done years ago.

  • TAVIE 7 years ago

    DIVORCE OR NOT DIVORCE WHO CARES WHAT HE OR SHE DOES IN HIS LIFE IS HIS OR HER CHOICE POOR MAN.

  • No mars 7 years ago

    Step dad divorces mum, he honors the name of family that stuck through thick and thin for him.

  • Onias 7 years ago

    He was never Ghanaian in the first place...he's just reclaiming his originality.

  • Ada Boy 7 years ago

    Ghanaians squabbling over nothing,he is right in reclaiming his birthrights,and who wouldnt?

  • kissi 7 years ago

    ?

  • Onias 7 years ago

    ...truth hurts!

  • Oppong 7 years ago

    Eeeeeii ghweb.Wijnaldum is their family name he has a younger bro who also plays football.

  • ??? 7 years ago

    ghweb paaa