Watch Akosua Busia Videos

Akosua Busia (born December 30, 1966) is a Ghanaian actress who now lives in the U.S.. The daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, the ex-prime minister of the Republic of Ghana, Akosua is the daughter of a prince of the royal family of Wenchi, a subgroup of the Ashanti. She herself is not a princess, since the Akans of Ghana trace their ancestry through the female-line. To be a princess therefore, one's mother should be a royal. When the father is a royal, one is referred to as 'Odehyeba' to wit child of a royal. Children and Grandchildren of either gender of royals who become Kings/Chieves or... MORE

Akosua Busia (born December 30, 1966) is a Ghanaian actress who now lives in the U.S.. The daughter of Kofi Abrefa Busia, the ex-prime minister of the Republic of Ghana, Akosua is the daughter of a prince of the royal family of Wenchi, a subgroup of the Ashanti. She herself is not a princess, since the Akans of Ghana trace their ancestry through the female-line. To be a princess therefore, one's mother should be a royal. When the father is a royal, one is referred to as 'Odehyeba' to wit child of a royal. Children and Grandchildren of either gender of royals who become Kings/Chieves or Queens are referred to as 'Oheneba/Ohemaaba' and 'Ohenenana/Ohemaanana, to wit son/daughter of a King/Queen and Grandson/Granddaughter of a King/Queen. Those descended in a pure female-line besides this names, are 'Adehye (plural)' 'Odehye (singular)' to wit royal, themselves. There is no direct translation for the words, 'Prince/Princess.' One is either a royal or not or a child of a royal or not. Since it is his father who is a royal and not her mother, she can never ascend the female throne of Wenchi. Her father's sister's son or full-blooded brother/sister and maternal half-brother/half-sister LESS