Honouring the Ghana heritage month, our event is to look into the Dagaaba names.

Dagaaba have several classes of names, some of these classes are; occasional names, Dagaaba saints/ancestral names, situational names, Gods names, places names, lineage names(bal yoe)etc.

OCCASIONAL NAMES
males names. females names
1.Doodaa. Pogedaa
2.Doosaa. Pogedaa
3.Bayor. Ayor

SITUATIONAL NAMES
Males names. Females names
1.Dery. Derypoge
2.Dabuo. Dabuo
3.Dakora
4.Suglo. Pogesuglo

PARENTS DECIDED NAMES (POTEƐRƐ YOE)
1.Ngnmaaloo 2. Demekoonye 3.Nombo 4.Domo 5. Ngnsongma 6.Kakuunaa 7.Domobaengmen 8.Kyekangbebe 9Nmengnie

PLACES NAMES (sometimes places born)
Males names. Females names
1.Sori Sopoge
2.Wie. Wepoge

Every household has its saints names(names of their ancestors). Dagaaba call them Segɛ

Also add a name you know to any of these categories mentioned above or tell us what you know about any of the names in these categories. Corrections too are welcomed.

Painfully We have been brainwashed to neglect our own names and bear foreign names in the name of religion, modernity and migration.

Let’s ponder over this question: Is bearing a foreign name such as English or Arabic name indeed a requirement to enter Heaven? What’s the logic behind this belief?

Source: Dagara Duoro Die/Facebook