the moving spirit

(literary)

someone who starts an important organization or course of action (often + behind ) Born in Nkroful, Ghana, he was the moving spirit behind the Charter of African States.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Amarante	-	French (Rare)
Tobias	to-BEE-ahs (German), tə-BIE-əs (English)	Biblical, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Fowler	['faulə]
Elian	-	Dutch
Tone (2)	-	Norwegian
Nkruma	-	Western African, Akan