Ji-Tu Cumbuka | Name Change
Robert-Scott Ynkawen
From African ancestry, a name change occurred.
Fela Kuti | Name Change
From a deep meaning, a name change occurred.
Kalamu Ya Salaam | Name Change
After his occupation, a name change occurred.
Suzanne Amomba Paillé | Name Change
After her baptism and her marriage, a name change occurred.
Louis Congo | Name Change
After two places, a name change occurred.
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…
Bantu
For Reclamation
Identifying Imaginative Identities
Name Changes
Niger-Congo
Where To Find Languages
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…
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…