Afua

Afua (Efua)
Pronunciation	/ˈæfwə/, AF-wə; /ˈɛfwə/, EF-wə;
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Akan people
Meaning	Born on a Friday
Other names
Related names	Adjoa (Monday); Abena (Tuesday); Ekua (Wednesday); Aba (Thursday); Afua or Efua (Friday); Amba or Ama (Saturday); Esi (Sunday);

Afua (/ˈæfwə/, AF-wə) or Efua (/ˈɛfwə/, EF-wə) is an Akan day name traditionally given to girls born on a Friday; the equivalent male name is Kofi.

Given name or day name

Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, Ghanaian pædiatric surgeon and former president of the Medical Women's International Association
Afua Bruce, American engineer, data executive, professor, and politician
Afua Cooper (born 1957), Canadian historian and dub poet, born in Jamaica
Afua Hirsch (born 1981), British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister, born in Norway
Afua Kobi (fl. 1834–1884), asantehemaa of the Ashanti Empire
Afua Kuma (1908–1987), Ghanaian oral theologian
Afua Osei, American entrepreneur and public speaker, co-founder of She Leads Africa
Afua Richardson (born 1980), African–Native American comic book artist
Efua Asibon, Ghanaian businesswoman
Efua Baker (born c. 1967), British singer-songwriter and celebrity fitness expert, born in Ghana
Efua Dorkenoo (1949–2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua", Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation
Efua Sutherland (1924–1996), Ghanaian playwright, director, dramatist, children's author, poet, educationalist, researcher, child advocate, and cultural activist
Efua Traoré, Nigerian-German writer