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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...

Remedy for lateness?

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Well, I remember very well one day in secondary school when I went to school late and was punished severely. The punishment was six lashes in the palm which made my palm and the hands rigid lacking the ability to move for some time because the strokes were hard. Aside from these, we were given a field to weed using the cutlass and I say that it was a hard thing to do. You definitely might have had an experience of this sort and a lot of other encounters where lateness was something you would have wished to avoid. The truth is that a large number of people talk about lateness as a habit that retards progress but unfortunately, only a few are able to show up either at school or events before a set time. As I have heard people say, an aeroplane does not wait for any passenger and once a passenger arrives late, his ticket is gone and I don't know if the money can be gotten back. See, people who have really traveled to explore the world in other countries apart from their own give tes...