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Ohenba

Fante · Akan (incl. Fante), Ghana · Royal title

Oheneba (Fante Ohenba) is the Akan rank or designation of a child, male or female, of a chief or king, roughly equivalent to 'prince' or 'princess'. It is formed from ohene 'chief' and ba 'child'.

As an ohenba, she belonged to the chief's children rather than to the royal lineage itself.

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