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231 Most of the words in the glossary are in Twi, the language of the Akan people, and appear below with Asante spelling. ababawa (pl. mmabawa) a young woman who has achieved puberty but not yet given birth or become a recognized adult aberanteñ (pl. mmeranteñ) a young man who has achieved puberty but not become a recognized adult aberewa (pl. mmerewa) old woman or female elder abofra (pl. mmofra) child, boy, girl abusua (pl. mmusua) matrilineage adaha “dance here”; proto-highlife musical style that was popular in coastal cities during the first decades of the twentieth century adowa funeral dance from Asante region akrampa a Fante asafo company located in Cape Coast and comprised of individuals of European-African descent akutia insinuation; a strategic form of verbal assault that employs innuendo and roundabout method asafo military company organized within a particular residential area Asante/Ashanti an Akan people who live in Ghana and the Ivory Coast asantehene the king of Asante ashawo (Yoruba) “moneychanger”; prostitute ashiko proto-highlife musical style that likely emerged in Sierra Leone or Liberia, but became popular in southern Ghana during the early twentieth century awuraa (pl. nwuraanom) lady or woman of social status and repute cedi the currency of Ghana; replaced the Ghanaian pound in 1965 Glossary 232 Glossary Ewe people who live in southeast Ghana and Togo and speak the Ewe language Fante Akan people who live in southern Ghana; dialect of Akan language fugu smock shirt endorsed as form of national Ghanaian dress in the late 1950s–early 1960s; also called batakari Ga people who live in Accra plains and speak the Ga language homowo annual harvest festival held by Ga people each May kente silk and cotton fabric made from woven strips; endorsed as form of national Ghanaian dress in the late 1950s–early 1960s konkoma proto-highlife musical style popular in southern towns during the late 1920s and 1930s krakye (pl. akrakyefoõ) “clerk”; educated gentleman mantse (Ga, pl. mantsemei) “father of the town,” leading office holder of town and residential area in Accra mmpanyin kasa “the speech of elders,” a style of speech that denotes wisdom and experience ntama cloth; often used by women to compose a blouse, skirt, or head scarf nkwankwaa young men õbaa (pl. mmaa) adult woman õbarima (pl. mmarima) adult man õbirñmpõn (pl. abirñmpõn) big man õhene (pl. ahene) chief õpanyin (pl. mmpanyinfoõ) elder osibi recreational musical style of Fante fishermen along the central coast of Ghana; likely precursor to osibisaaba; also proposed as a new name for highlife by Kwame Nkrumah in 1960. osibisaaba proto-highlife musical style that emerged in Fante areas of southern Ghana in the early twentieth century; often referred to as patsinkyrren/patsintering, õdõ, and antekodiwo in British colonial documents. safohene a divisional captain of an asafo company small boy socially insignificant or marginal male person stool important symbol of a chief’s political and religious authority tufuhene commander of an asafo company ...

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