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[Facts] Re: Meaning of Akrong?
"African" is entirely too broad a designation for this question. There are hundreds of different ethnic groups and languages in Africa. Which ethnic group does you friend belong to? What languages does he speak?
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There are a 100 languages and dialects in Ghana only with English as one lingua franca. Your friend probably knows the meaning of his name himself. I guess that he is Ga speaking. Many traditional African names (but not Moslem names derived from Arabic) are descriptive. I once knew a Ugandan called Jamhadri meaning Born-to-die (called James) because his parents had lost so many children before they had him. A friend of my daughter's is called Adero in Luo which specifies the time of the night she was born while her sister is Atieno.
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He is from Ghana (I don't know the exact ethnic group) and he speaks English as far as I know.
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