TITLES AND FORMS OF ADDRESSadamfo: friend
Asantehemaa: Asante queen-mother
Asantehene: Asante king
Edwesohene: chief of Edweso
gyasehene: senior minister, chief of staff
krachie: (krakye) clerk, educated person
Maame: respectful form of address to an elder woman
Nana: (plural Nananom) respectful form of address to an elderly person, grandfather
Nananom, agyanom, enanom: grandfathers, fathers, mothers
Obuasihene: chief of Obuasi
okyeame: spokesman (of a chief), linguist
omanhene: chief
opanyin: an elderly person
osofo: Christian priest, pastor
Otumfuo: title reserved for the Asantehene
Owura: sir, mister
Queen-mother: see Asantehemaa
