I Will Not Change My Name Because You Can’t Pronounce It
The roots of name discrimination are an extension of the harms caused by slavery and colonialism
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6 min readFeb 4, 2021
For the Urhobo people of southern Nigeria, like many Africans across the continent, names are a serious matter. Traditionally, an Urhobo child is given a name according to their family’s desire for who they…