Africa - a continent with diverse culture that is sufficiently different from the other.Perhaps this is the result of mixing a plurality of features of the tribes living in the area.African culture, such as music and art, illustrates the diversity of social and religious people living there.
In particular, one of the manifestations of cultural identity is naming.African names hide a secret meaning and a certain value, so they are carefully hidden from others.This name will be known only to the people closest.Called his "real" name - it means to be confident in the reliability, respect and trust the person.
indigenous population believes that African names have a significant impact on how the fate of a person, and even how it will look.Man anoint a meaningful name, like talking on the predestined path, his life has its own special meaning.The name may be double, i.e.one of the parts may be of a positive, and the other - negative.In this case, the first part refers to a personal name, and the second component is the verbal protect people from the negative impact of the surrounding.
In addition, African names have one more distinctive feature: they can be changed throughout the life course.This is necessary in order to confuse the evil spirits, who wait for a man, and pushing him to rash and bad deeds.Changing the name of knocking them confused and thus protects the rights.However, observing how people live light-skinned Africans changed their unique names to Christian.There is a belief that this will entice the white man's luck.The indigenous people who were jealous of the welfare of the white people, but were afraid of angry spirits, complemented African Christian names.Similarly, there were names such as John or Ndifon Matra Kake.
most common African names (for men): Zemba, Vekesa, Boipelo, Neo, Simba and others.
naming was and still is a special moment in everyone's life.African, who runs this procedure several times in life is protected from the negative effects, has a kind of lifestyle and attitude.The first name given to the child on the eighth day of his life.This name is special because it varies depending on the sex and the order of appearance of the baby.For example, if the first-born was a boy, it would be named his father's name mother, if the girl is named in honor of her paternal grandmother.In that case, if the child was the second in the family, the boy was given the name of the paternal grandfather.Female child in this case the name anoint grandmother on his mother's branch.Moreover, the choice of name was influenced many additional factors: how and where the child was born, for example, could happen any significant event, and it would be reflected in the child's name.
most common African names (for women): Adzhiambo, Ain Akok, Dikeledi and others.
