Re: African Surnames
in reply to a message by Menke
I think we should treat this website with caution. The author's purpose seems to be to find names containing the combination RA and then claim a reference to the Egyptian sun god. He also has a thing about volcanoes. Whatever the meaning of the Manding clan name Traore (also spelt Tarawiri) I'll bet my life that it has no relation to the Maori name of a volcano in New Zealand. As soon say that my name, Young, proves that I am Chinese.
With regard to the surname Asare, Ghanaian surnames for which I've found an explanation have always turned out to be male given names. So I think there's a good chance that it's a patronymic.
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African Surnames  ·  Kynaston  ·  8/1/2005, 10:05 AM
Re: African Surnames  ·  Menke  ·  8/2/2005, 2:28 AM
Re: African Surnames  ·  Jim Young  ·  8/2/2005, 3:22 PM
about Asare...  ·  Menke  ·  8/3/2005, 4:37 AM
Thanks Jim & Menke :) nt.  ·  Kynaston  ·  8/3/2005, 7:12 AM
Cheers for that : ) nt.  ·  Kynaston  ·  8/2/2005, 4:35 AM