Afua (, ) or Efua (, ) is an Akan day name traditionally given to girls born on a Friday; the equivalent male name is Kofi.
Given name or day name
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Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, Ghanaian pædiatric surgeon and former president of the Medical Women's International Association
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Afua Bruce, American engineer, data executive, professor, and politician
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Afua Cooper (born 1957), Canadian historian and dub poet, born in Jamaica
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Afua Hirsch (born 1981), British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister, born in Norway
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Afua Kobi (fl. 1834–1884), asantehemaa of the Ashanti Empire
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Afua Kuma (1908–1987), Ghanaian oral theologian
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Afua Osei, American entrepreneur and public speaker, co-founder of She Leads Africa
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Afua Richardson (born 1980), African–Native American comic book artist
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Efua Asibon, Ghanaian businesswoman
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Efua Baker (born ), British singer-songwriter and celebrity fitness expert, born in Ghana
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Efua Dorkenoo (1949–2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua", Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation
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Efua Sutherland (1924–1996), Ghanaian playwright, director, dramatist, children's author, poet, educationalist, researcher, child advocate, and cultural activist
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Efua Traoré, Nigerian-German writer
See also
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Afuʻalo Matoto, Tongan political figure and life peer
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, 1988 Philippine biographical action film
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Charles Afuakwah (born 1966), Scottish former rugby union player born in Ghana