Kwame

/ KWAH-may /
Gender
Boy
Origin
🇬🇭 Ghana
Religion
Traditional
First Seen
Trait
Leader

Meaning & Etymology

Born on a Saturday.

An Akan kradin (soul / day name). Each day of the week has its own name; Kwame belongs to Saturday and is associated with God Ananse.

Cultural Context

Borne by Kwame Nkrumah, who led Ghana to independence in 1957 as the first sub-Saharan African colony to do so.

Famous People

Kwame Nkrumah

Politics · Ghana · b. 1909

First President of Ghana and a leading figure of Pan-Africanism.

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