{"id":1240849,"date":"2022-11-01T14:49:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/01\/watch-gabrielle-union-and-dwayne-wade-get-ghanaian-names\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T14:49:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:49:38","slug":"watch-gabrielle-union-and-dwayne-wade-get-ghanaian-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/01\/watch-gabrielle-union-and-dwayne-wade-get-ghanaian-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Gabrielle Union and Dwayne Wade get Ghanaian names"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Gabrielle-Union-and-Dwayne-Wade-1024x683.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>American actress Gabrielle Union and her husband, retired basketball star Dwayne Wade, were given new names at a ceremony on their arrival in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The couple arrived in Ghana with their daughter Kaavia James on Tuesday and attended the enstoolment ceremony of Diallo Sumbry as Nkosuohene (Chief of Development) in Nyame Bekyere, a community between Adawso and Koforidua in the Eastern Region of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Diallo Sumbry is the first African American Tourism Ambassador of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Gabrielle and Dwayne were honoured with Ghanaian names when they attended the ceremony, adorned in Kente clothes.<\/p>\n<p>Because they were both born on Sunday, the couple was named Kwesi Sarfo and Akosua Sarfoa.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJoyNewsOnTV%2Fvideos%2F1094590107914360%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gabrielle, Dwayne and Kaavia\u2019s arrival in Ghana was met with a rousing welcome both at the airport and on social media.<\/p>\n<p>At the airport, Wade and Gabriel were greeted with a display from a traditional dance troupe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CkYsw6kPl2C\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Chief Executive of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Akwasi Agyemang welcomed them by handing them sashes as a welcome gift.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CkYllpnOv_7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>This is part of the family\u2019s world tour, which they dubbed the Wade Tour 2022 \u2013 African tour in celebration of Gabrielle\u2019s 50th birthday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CkZDza6Jyhi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>They made their first stop at Zanzibar in Tanzania, before making their way to Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/watch-gabrielle-union-and-dwayne-wade-get-ghanaian-names\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American actress Gabrielle Union and her husband, retired basketball star Dwayne Wade, were given new names at a ceremony on their arrival in Ghana. 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