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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...

Procedure for making cassava starch pudding popularly called 'TAPIOCA'.

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One of the locally made food products that can be found in the market and probably the Ghanaian local or urban markets is tapioca . If you reading this article and do not have much idea about what this is then here is the destination to explore all that there is to say about tapioca in simple and well to understand terms.  What is tapioca?  Tapioca is an edible product made from starch and it looks like crystals of salt but can also be in the form of small balls or round shapes and it is white in colour.  The starch used to produce it is the one obtained from cassava and it undergoes some preliminary preparations to make it ready for the product. We are going to explore the processes in detail for you to have a full knowledge of what goes into the production. Tapioca is consumed in diverse ways and used to prepare different foods as well which will all be discussed in here. Extracting the cassava starch Cassava is a root tuber and it is its root that has all the accumulat...