Newlyweds Efya and Tomi Thomas dedicated their newborn daughter in Accra, revealing a seven-part name that combines Ghanaian and Yoruba traditions.
Following their weekend wedding celebrations, Ghanaian singer Efya and her husband, Nigerian musician Tomi Thomas, held a christening for their daughter in Accra.
The couple hosted the thanksgiving and naming service on Sunday, November 8, at Cedar Church, Assemblies of God. The ceremony brought their three-day Accra wedding celebrations to a close, after they began with a traditional marriage on Friday, November 6.
At the dedication, the newlyweds announced their daughter’s seven-part name: Zoe-Blair Adara Nana Efya Ankyaa Oluwateniayo Thomas.
The name includes English names as well as Nana Efya Ankyaa, reflecting the award-winning Ghanaian singer’s Akan heritage, and Oluwateniayo, honoring Thomas’s Yoruba roots in Nigeria.
Wearing matching white outfits, the parents stood with family and friends as Reverend Stephen Wengam and church leaders prayed for the newborn and blessed the couple’s marriage.
Videos from the service showed the clergy praying that the child would grow into a “destiny child” and a “shining star” who makes a meaningful difference in her generation.
The Sunday dedication took place one day after the couple’s white wedding at the Underbridge Annex in Accra on Saturday, November 7. After the wedding, Efya laughed off a resurfaced clip of her younger self promising never to marry.
The weekend celebrations, held under the hashtag #TJLuV26 nine months after their February knocking rites, attracted Ghanaian musicians and public figures, including Becca, Nana Ama McBrown, Adina, Gyakie, EL, Sefa, Kwaw Kese, and D-Black.
Efya, whose birth name is Jane Awindor, revealed her pregnancy publicly on Friday, March 6. During a performance with Sarkodie at his Rapperholic concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, she removed a white wrap on stage to show her baby bump.