My name is Aku!

Every person in Ghana has two names.

One of them is what we also have and that we simply call our “name”. Just like us this is the name that everyone calls them.

The second name is called the “domestic name”: that’s the name that is used at home with the family. This name depends on the day of the week that the person was born. So if the person was born on a Monday he/she would have a certain name; if it was on a Tuesday it would be another name. It also changes from female to male.

In case there is more than one person that was born in the same week day living in the same house then the older person ads “Gan” to the “domestic name” and the younger ads “V” – I don´t really know how to write it, but that’s how it sounds.

Considering that I was born on Wednesday and that I'm a female my name is Aku J

23/07/2012