In Africa, names are not just useful tags that people put on their children to recognize and distinguish them: they are emblems. These names collect cultural traditions, belief systems, and social stratifications, conveying messages important for a family and for...
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Names from the City of Ants
There is a place where the presence of ants is so remarkable that a city was named after them – Accra (from nkran, ants). Yet even more remarkable are the traditions of the people inhabiting it. Accra is the capital...
