Ji-Tu Cumbuka | Name Change
Robert-Scott Bannersglare
From African ancestry, a name change occurred.
african names
African Names Brought To America
While Africans were given names upon being forcibly brought to America, there were some names which were recorded or stayed with the people for generations. Banneker This was the name…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong\’o | Name Changes
James Ngũgĩ (1938-?) He was born in a large peasant family in Kenya when it was originally a British colony. He witnessed the Mau Mau War of Independence, which influenced…
Bantu
For Reclamation
Identifying Imaginative Identities
Name Changes
Niger-Congo
Where To Find Languages
Molefi Kete Asante | Name Changes
The path to self-realization involves knowing one\’s own identity. Arthur Lee Smith He was born to a family of sixteen to a peanut factory worker and a domestic worker. He…