Afua

Afua or Efua  is an Akan day name traditionally given to girls born on a Friday; the equivalent male name is Kofi.

Given name or day name

 * Afua Adwo Jectey Hesse, Ghanaian pædiatric surgeon and former president of the Medical Women's International Association
 * Afua Bruce, American engineer, data executive, professor, and politician
 * Afua Cooper (born 1957), Canadian historian and dub poet, born in Jamaica
 * Afua Hirsch (born 1981), British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister, born in Norway
 * Afua Kobi (fl. 1834–1884), asantehemaa of the Ashanti Empire
 * Afua Kuma (1908–1987), Ghanaian oral theologian
 * Afua Osei, American entrepreneur and public speaker, co-founder of She Leads Africa
 * Afua Richardson (born 1980), African–Native American comic book artist
 * Efua Asibon, Ghanaian businesswoman
 * Efua Baker (born c. 1967), British singer-songwriter and celebrity fitness expert, born in Ghana
 * Efua Dorkenoo (1949–2014), affectionately known as "Mama Efua", Ghanaian-British campaigner against female genital mutilation
 * Efua Sutherland (1924–1996), Ghanaian playwright, director, dramatist, children's author, poet, educationalist, researcher, child advocate, and cultural activist
 * Efua Traoré, Nigerian-German writer