Children born in Africa were traditionally named for ancestors, spirits, places, or events occurring around the time of their birth (such as a harvest or flood). The second-largest continent, Africa ...

The struggle of having an African name is real. Africans assign names to their children according to the happening of a certain situation, or after their grandfathers/mothers as a way to keep their ...

"Jabulani Means Rejoice is a dictionary comprised of hundreds of African names in local South African languages, meticulously assembled and expounded upon for the curious reader. Names are listed in ...