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ahenkwaa

Twi/Akan · Akan (Asante), Ashanti Region · Occupation

Palace attendant. Christaller (1881) defines ahenkwa (from ɔhene akoa) as 'the servant of a king (or of a chief)'.

An ahenkwaa announced the visitors at the palace.

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