Africans, why do you give your children.....

[Bubus]

Originally Posted by ND

His name is Calistus Onye Akpor

[Bubus]

Originally Posted by coBra

excuse me?

Never mind... looks like thats a bit sensitive for you.

[coBra]

Originally Posted by ND

His name is Calistus Onye Akpor

man your so hilarious.
oya clap for yourself for being so creative.

[bored]

I met a trini girl and an african american girl ( independently) whose first names were Nneka.

[datnunu]

Originally Posted by bored

I met a trini girl and an african american girl ( independently) whose first names were Nneka.

Spelt that way too?

[bored]

Originally Posted by datnunu

Spelt that way too?

yup. Same meaning. Their parents heard the name, liked the meaning and gavie it to them. The trini girl mispronounced it sha. She called herself "Knee-kah"

Speaking of which, there was another trini girl at my school whose first name was Adeola (adee-owlah of course).

[Wendydoks]

Originally Posted by coBra

yeah right!

and im sure you dont wear western clothing or eat western food and speak only igbo (or whatever you decide to call that dialect ya'll speak in Ndokwa)

seriously dude, this is the hight of blind argument....

lmao!!!!!!!!! r u minding dat one? i am actually trynna figure out wat he did w. my wendydoks id sha.



bia arinze did u merge nwashigi and wendydoks? cos i cnt view wendydoks' CP. rather, i c it as nwashigi. wat is goin on?

[Wendydoks]

Originally Posted by OmoDelta

It suits you sef.. stay there..

Ah! u luv me is this ya corny way to show me dat i am not in coventry? by quotin me?

[Wendydoks]

Originally Posted by bored

I met a trini girl and an african american girl ( independently) whose first names were Nneka.

cool dude. arinze can go and rest now.

[datnunu]

Originally Posted by bored

yup. Same meaning. Their parents heard the name, liked the meaning and gavie it to them. The trini girl mispronounced it sha. She called herself "Knee-kah"

Speaking of which, there was another trini girl at my school whose first name was Adeola (adee-owlah of course).

Some parts of history states that alot of western Africans are reside in the Caribbean.

[Mahoganyjd]

Originally Posted by ND

Obviously you have the free will to name your child whatever you choose. The problem here is that we embrace the white man's 'culture' more than we do ours. I have never seen an Alaskan by the name of; Ifeoma, Ochuko, Gbenga et al. But we are so easy to call our kids, Mike, Peter, Paul (yes you ) & co.

Maybe not Alaskans, but I've met non-Afican people who have African first names. Just the other day I met a guy named Yohance...and he is not Hausa, he is African-American. He even knew where his name came from and what it meant.

[Arinze]

Probably less than 1% of them take on our names. About 50% (probably more) of our people bear their names.

And that Christian name argument some ppl have been giving here is a load of kaka. You mean to tell me that we don't have Christian/religious names in Nigerian languages?

Originally Posted by Mahoganyjd

Maybe not Alaskans, but I've met non-Afican people who have African first names. Just the other day I met a guy named Yohance...and he is not Hausa, he is African-American. He even knew where his name came from and what it meant.