African Names Brought To America
Robert-Scott Ynkawen 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…
Leon Kengo wa Dondo | Name Changes
Leon Lubicz (1935-1971) He was born to a Polish Jewish father and a Rwandan Tutsi mother in the Belgian Congo--what would become the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Leon Kengo…
Abdulalim A. Shabazz | Name Changes
Lonnie Cross (1927-?) He was born in Bessemer, Alabama. He earned an A.B. in Math and a P.A. in Chemistry at Lincoln University. Then, he earned an M.S. in Mathematics…
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…
The Diverse Origins Of The Sranan Tongo Language
As explained by an Amerkanman.
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…
Ntozake Shange | Name Changes
The path to self-creation can involve uniqueness.
Hakeem M. Oluseyi | Name Changes
Breaking stereotypes while engaging in scientific innovation.