Akua Donkor: A malory is a slavish nomenclature

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• Ken Ntiamoa 9 years ago

  Owura Badu, I disagree with this one.
  You write:
  "What’s more, it is absolutely fine for married women and men to have name change. So, for instance, if Madam Akua Donkor was to marry John Dramani Mahama, she can opt for ...
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  Owura Badu, I disagree with this one.
  You write:
  "What’s more, it is absolutely fine for married women and men to have name change. So, for instance, if Madam Akua Donkor was to marry John Dramani Mahama, she can opt for ‘Akua Mahama’."
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  I don't know Adam and Eve's last names. I don't even know if Adam and Eve are first names. Eve never took on Adam's name.
  
  Until recently in Ghana, many married women kept their original names till death. Even children from those marriages, in my Akan culture at least, had their own names which were not tied their fathers but rather to a close relative of the father.
  
  A woman taking on a husband's last name is, to me, as foreign as a Ghanaian assuming a white man's name.
  
  
  
  Ken
  
  These

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• Idiot Mugabe 9 years ago

  Hmmm, yours is controversial.

  Hmmm, yours is controversial.

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• Nana Kwaku 9 years ago

  I enjoy the article it makes a lot of sense,successful hardworking Ashantis don't like changing their names as for Akua Donkor becoming Akua Mahama nawaoooooo!!!!

  I enjoy the article it makes a lot of sense,successful hardworking Ashantis don't like changing their names as for Akua Donkor becoming Akua Mahama nawaoooooo!!!!

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• King Bright 9 years ago

  I thought you said you abhor foreign name and culture. What about their food, dress, language and way of life? Did you say your children were born abroad? I smell a stinky HYPOCRISY here, come again.

  I thought you said you abhor foreign name and culture. What about their food, dress, language and way of life? Did you say your children were born abroad? I smell a stinky HYPOCRISY here, come again.

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• zakk 9 years ago

  Westerners eat African food and wear our attire. How many of them adopt African names?! .........JIMMY!

  Westerners eat African food and wear our attire. How many of them adopt African names?! .........JIMMY!

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• Harry Manni 9 years ago

  You abhor everything European or foreign Really, it seem to me that you and other like you are not thinkers or has nothing to give. Just like the other writer said why then live in their country, eat their food or use medica ...
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  You abhor everything European or foreign Really, it seem to me that you and other like you are not thinkers or has nothing to give. Just like the other writer said why then live in their country, eat their food or use medications they have made instead of using your witch doctors such as Kofi bonsam. Why use their alphabet to write the list go on

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• Mends 9 years ago

  You don't make sense my friend.

  You don't make sense my friend.

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• King Bright 9 years ago

  Just rub your stinky snout against the ground, real JIMMY. You take everything from them and despise their names? Look at you .

  Just rub your stinky snout against the ground, real JIMMY. You take everything from them and despise their names? Look at you .

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• Araba Thompson 9 years ago

  Prophet Agyemang must come clear regarding his predictions on 20th September. He has the right and religious privilege to do so. Granted!!!. Ghanaians also have the right to assess his prophetic gift and ministry. We are wait ...
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  Prophet Agyemang must come clear regarding his predictions on 20th September. He has the right and religious privilege to do so. Granted!!!. Ghanaians also have the right to assess his prophetic gift and ministry. We are waiting to know whether the predictions is from God or from him as a human being. Apostle Paul made the difference known to his audience. He distinguished his opinion from God's. We want to subject men of privilege and authority to strict proof of test of character and integrity. Its a fair call.

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• Mends 9 years ago

  Did you actually read the article? Where is the correlation between your comment and the author's piece? Just read and then comment.

  Did you actually read the article? Where is the correlation between your comment and the author's piece? Just read and then comment.

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