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Traveling, I've met Ghanaian people who have seen me in minor stuff, but they see the name Ato Essandoh, and they recognize it as a Ghanaian name. They come up to me and are always so excited. You don't think about it, but they really absorb American culture.

— Ato Essandoh

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

We had so much fun in Ghana and they are really lovely people.

— Adrian Edmondson

My mum was born and raised in Ghana and has a lot of Ghanaian values and traditions and morals. All that rubbed off on me, and that's why I have a lot of love and good energy in me - that universal energy is a Ghanaian thing.

— Stormzy

I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

With a name like Cush Jumbo, you never get forgotten. The 'Jumbo' is from my father, who is Nigerian, and 'Cush' was a king in ancient Egypt. It's a name that took a few years to grow into, but now I feel it was meant to be. It's absolutely who I am, and I love it.

— Cush Jumbo

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Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.

— Shirley Temple

Because I am an African, I am a Ghanaian.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.

— Buchi Emecheta

My name, Solange, means 'Angel of the sun,' and I'm completely enamored of my African history. The culture is so expressive.

— Solange Knowles

I can speak Esperanto like a native.

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