Nkruma
The Twi numeral "nine", used as a birth-order name for a family's ninth child.
Meaning and origin
Nkruma comes from nkron, the Twi word for "nine", and marks a family's ninth child under the same Akan birth-order naming custom that gives Baako to a firstborn and Enu to a fifth-born.
How to pronounce Nkruma
| Akan (Ghana) | en-KROO-mah /ŋkuruma/ |
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