Quasheba

[kwah-shee-bah]

noun

1. a female day name for Sunday. day name

Example Sentences

She wrote “Quasheba, Quasheba,” about her biological father’s original New World ancestor, an enslaved Ghanaian woman who was transported to Grenada.

From New York Times

One song focuses on Polly Ann, the wife of the steel driving folk hero John Henry, while “Quasheba, Quasheba” is about Russell’s African ancestor who was bought as a slave.

From Seattle Times

Quasheba, Quasheba came to Russell late at night near the end of recording.

From The Guardian

In former times, the negroes were generally known by the names of “Sambo,” “Pompey,” “Quashy,” “Quasheba,” &c., &c., but those days have long ago passed.

From Project Gutenberg

Old Quasheba and Betty Madge had each borne fifteen children, and sixteen other women had borne from six to eleven each.

From Project Gutenberg