I Give Up Explaining How to Pronounce My Name
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 names and spirit alive through the family or simply, to honor their ancestors.
You can ask any African about their African name, they will explain to you why they were given that name and what it means.
But you can’t give a clear explanation to foreign adopted names, especially Christian names besides the fact that you were given that name out of fashion or out of impressing the world about your newfound religion or modernity.
I was given a Christian name at birth even though my family wasn’t of a Christian background or typical church people.
This was an experience from many of my tribe or probably most African, the only difference was that most were given their Christian names after baptism and I never got baptized to have the honor of being given one.
Many people with a similar name to mine, born before me, always have the same Christian name given to them after baptism, as it has become something of a custom.