On a study abroad trip to Ghana, Beverly McLaughlin, a former N.C. State University professor of psychology, ate at a restaurant called “Afrikikos.” She said the food was so amazing that the name of the restaurant stuck with her for decades. She later visited West Africa again with her family where she underwent a name changing ceremony becoming Ammakyeiwaa (Amma-Che-Wa) Asantewaa (A-son-tay-wa). “[It means] a woman who’s born on Thursday and is a gatherer of people,” she said. In 2...
