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The first woman to become a leader in a male-dominated society. You named her after the warrior Queen Amina of Zaria, of Modern-day Nigeria.
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“Your third child, Amina, a name of Arabic extraction. A queen mother who led her people to war against the British colonialists after the king of the Ashanti kingdom was exiled. You named her after Nana Yaa Asantewaa of Ejisu. “Your second child, Yaa Asantewaa of Ashanti extraction in modern-day Ghana. A name you made and gave to your first child during the difficult times in Ghana as you hoped for an end to the corruption and economic hardship,” she explained. “Zanetor, an Ewe extraction name, a command meaning ‘darkness must cease’.
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In her tribute, she expounded the names her parents gave herself and her siblings, noting how each was symbolic of one ideal or another, of her father.Įach of the four children she said, was named after a warrior, with the exception of the first whose name signified his quest to free the then ‘darkened’ country, from its gloom. Whilst eulogising her father, she noted how his drive for change and revolution reflected in all regards of his life, including the naming of his children. This was revealed by his eldest daughter, Dr Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings, during the final burial service of her father. Jerry John Rawlings, christened all his children with names that depicted his charismatic beliefs.