2006-09-20 04:05:49 · 5 answers · asked by jay58 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
With the passing of trumpet player, saxophonist, and vocalist Emmanuel Tettey "E.T." Mensah on July 19, 1996, at the age of 78, Ghana lost one of its most influential musicians. Respectfully known as "the father of modern highlife," Mensah played a vital role in the evolution of Ghana's music. In the early '90s, Mensah recalled his revamping of highlife, explaining, "We urgently wanted an indigenous rhythm to replace the fading foreign music of waltz, rhumba, etc. We evolved a music type relying on basic African rhythms, a crisscross African cultural sound."
2006-09-23 02:33:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is usually given to the third boy in most tribes. In Ghanaian culture people born on a certain day might be given a particular name with most ethnic groups and it is also with regards to gender. conversely, people might also be named according to the seniority of birth; ie first boy Tete, second boy Tetteh, third boy Tei (Mensah). Girls are also named similarly but with a variant according to seniority
2006-09-20 05:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mensah means that the person is the third boy born in a row.
2006-09-20 23:31:57 · answer #3 · answered by Mana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its the day of the week the person was born on. my ghanaian girlfriends name is Aqua
2006-09-20 04:10:19 · answer #4 · answered by Mr Gravy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Mensah Name Meaning
2017-02-23 09:19:24 · answer #5 · answered by proietto 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋