Abenaa Donkor Nyantakyiewah

Female–about 1979

Brief Life History of Abenaa Donkor

Abenaa Donkor Nyantakyiewah was born in Kwaman, Sekyere Central, Ashanti, Ghana. She had at least 1 son and 4 daughters with Amponsah Yaw. She died about 1979, in her hometown.

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Abenaa Donkor Nyantakyiewah - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Abenaa Donkor Nyantakyiewah

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Children (5)

World Events (2)

1966

While Nkrumah is in China, army stages widely popular coup. National Liberation Council comes to power.

about 1979

Junior officers stage Ghana's first violent coup, June 4. Armed Forces Revolutionary Council formed under Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings. Hilla Limann elected president in July.

Name Meaning

West African (Ghana): from the Akan male personal name Donkor, a circumstance name from dɔnkɔ ‘slave’, given with the intention of warding off repeated infant mortality in line with the West African belief that an unattractive name will deter the child's underworld mother from accepting the baby.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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