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Efua

Meaning — An Akan/Fante variant of Afia, meaning "born on Friday". The Fante dialect of the Akan language uses Efua where other dialects use Afia. The name is well-known through Efua Sutherland, the celebrated Ghanaian playwright and founder of the Ghana Drama Studio.·Akan origin·Female·EH-fwah

Efua Efua Sutherland's legacy as the mother of Ghanaian theatre gives this variant of the Friday name an association with creative vision and cultural foundation-building. Characters named Efua in fiction often possess a theatrical intelligence — not in the sense of performance but of a genuine gift for creating the conditions in which other people's stories can be told and heard.

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Literary FictionDramaContemporary FictionHistorical Fiction

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Variations & nicknames

EfuaAfia

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Efua AsanteEfua MensahEfua BoatengEfua OseiEfua Owusu

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