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Lists of Ewe names and their meanings

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In the Ghanaian community and bringing it down to the Ewes, names are specifically given for different reasons. The main reason why names among this tribe are never taken for granted is that the names normally have a direct impact on the bearers. Names are given for a reason since they reflect or have an influence on the people to whom they are given. All names have meanings they represent and Ghanaian names and specifically Ewe names are not an exception.  You will be enlightened on some of these Ewe names and their various meanings. In fact, this article gives you an idea of what some Ewe names mean. Names are like organic components of the people per the people's beliefs.    We believe that individuals become the name they are given and for this reason, names are chosen carefully before being given to individuals. Some of the names are just given to show the day of the week a person is born whereas some show the circumstances around a person's birth. Below are some nam...

The girl who ceased the powers of the gods. Short stories with biblical morals

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In a village in which the sole belief of the entire populace was idol worship, they devoted their time, resources and every other precious possession to the worship of their idols. The people in this village vehemently trusted in the capability of their gods to do whatever request they make. In view of this belief, traders, fishermen, weavers, craftsmen and farmers vow to the gods to receive answers to their needs and once they received the results, the vows were not left unredeemed. In the village were fetish priests of the gods in different locations that the people deemed very powerful and occasionally went to them for solutions to their daily struggles. Not so long afterwards came a missionary who arrived from an urban area but was a native of this village that is full of wickedness and idolatrous or traditional activities. As his parents were still alive in the village, he came back to see them as well as spread the Goodnews. Both his father and mother were idol worshippers and th...