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…
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…