YAA or yaa may refer to: Yorkshire Arts Association Young at Art Museum Young Artist Award European Film Academy Young Audience Award Youth Against AIDS...
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Yaa Asantewaa I (c. 1840 – 17 October 1921) was the Queen Mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire, now part of modern-day Ghana. She was appointed by her...
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Yaa Gyasi (born 1989) is a Ghanaian American novelist. Her work, most notably her 2016 debut novel Homegoing and her 2020 novel Transcendent Kingdom,...
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Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. is an American hip hop band from Carson, California, consisting of the American Samoa Devoux brothers Paul (died 2020), Ted (died 2018)...
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Bridget Kankam (born January 25, 1990), better known by her stage name Yaa Yaa, is a Ghanaian singer-songwriter and recording artist. Prior to her current...
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Yaa Naa is the title of the king of Dagbon, the Kingdom of the Dagomba people, located in the Northern Region of present-day Ghana. The current Yaa Naa...
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Yaa is a feminine given name originating from the Akan day naming system, meaning born on a Thursday. Day names are a cultural practice of the Akan people...
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Asase Ya/Afua (redirect from Asase Yaa)
Asase Ya/Afua (or Asase Yaa, Asaase Yaa, Asaase Afua, Asaase Efua) is the Akan goddess of fertility, love, procreation, peace, truth and the dry and lush...
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Homegoing (Gyasi novel) (redirect from Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi novel))
Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016. Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant...
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Yaa Asantewaa Girls' Senior High School (YAGSHS) is a public high school for girls in Tanoso in the Atwima Mponua District in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region...
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Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Yaas (Arabic pronunciation: [jaʔas]) was a relatively strong and very damaging tropical cyclone that made landfall in Odisha...
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21 Savage (redirect from Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph)
Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph (born 22 October 1992), known professionally as 21 Savage, is a British-born rapper based in Atlanta, Georgia. Born in London...
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War of the Golden Stool (redirect from Yaa Asantewaa War)
The War of the Golden Stool, also known as the Yaa Asantewaa War, the Third Ashanti Expedition, the Ashanti Uprising, or variations thereof, was a campaign...
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Yaa Akyaa (c. 1847–1917) was an Asantehemaa of the Ashanti Empire in 1884-1896. She had great influence during the reign of her son, and acted as his...
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The Yaa Asantewaa Festival is an annual festival celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Ejisu Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It...
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MaameYaa Boafo (pronounced "Mah-Mih-Yah Bwafoh") is a Pakistan-born Ghanaian actress and comedian. Boafo was born in Pakistan. She is of Ashanti (Ghanaian)...
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Shea butter (redirect from Moo yaa)
language, and karité in the Wolof language of Senegal. It is also known as Moo-yaa in the Acholi language. The common name is shísu ߛ߭ߌ߭ߛߎ (lit. "shea tree")...
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forges friendships, collaborations, and friendships. On 18 January 2019 Yaa Naa Abubakari Mahama, was elected by Dagbon's kingmakers as king. The Lunsi...
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Transcendent Kingdom is the second novel by Ghanaian American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2020 by Alfred A. Knopf. Transcendent Kingdom was found by...
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oral tradition, the first being was Nyame, who created Asase Yaa to be his wife. Asase Yaa later created the deity Abo, the primordial cluster of stones...
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Right Yaaa Wrong (redirect from Right Yaa Wrong)
28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023. Bombay becomes Mumbai in 'Right Yaa Wrong' Archived 12 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Indiatimes.com, 7...
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the kingdom of the Dagomba people, located in northern Ghana. The term Yaa-Naa means "king of strength/power" in the Dagbanli language. It was adopted...
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SAfiYAA is a London-based fashion label founded in 2011 by Daniela Karnuts and named after her daughter, 'Safiya'. She started the company with 12 dress...
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Gariba II (redirect from Yaa Naa Abubakari Mahama)
the current Yaa Naa, traditional ruler of the Kingdom of Dagbon in Northern Ghana. Bukali was born into royalty at Mion to Mahama II, the Yaa Naa from 1938...
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San Andrés Yaá is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 33.17 km2. It is part of the Villa Alta...
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Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu I Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II Togbe Osei III Yaa Asantewaa Yaa Naa Yakubu II Rucker, Walter C. (2015-09-28). Gold Coast Diasporas:...
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Akyaawa Yikwan (redirect from Yaa Kyaa Yikwan)
Akyaawa Yikwan was a royalty from the Ashanti Empire who served as chief negotiator of the 1831 Anglo-Asante peace treaty. Akyaawa Yikwan was the daughter...
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