Word origins

• AshantiA member of a nation and ethnic group of Akan origin, found mainly in Ghana and Ivory Coast.
• boleThe trunk or stem of a tree.
• harmattanA dry and dusty wind which blows from the Sahara over the Atlantic coast of West Africa in December, January and February, being a hot wind in some areas and a cold wind in others.
• ackeyA silver coin equivalent to one eighth of a pound once used in the Gold Coast in Africa
• cuffeeA black person.
• dumsorblackout, load shedding, particularly when occurring frequently but in no discernible regular pattern.
• oburoniA foreigner, especially one who is white.
• pesewaIn the currency of Ghana, one hundredth of a cedi.