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. […]
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 […]
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 […]