Naming Africans

1.Introduction: What is Not in A Name? On the Epistemic Value of African Personal Names and Naming Practices.- 2. Toward a Genealogy of Gender, Gendered Names, and Naming Practices by Oyeronke Oyewumi.- 3. Amharic Names and Ethiopian Naming Ceremonies.- 4. Engendering Personal Names in Basaa Culture: From the Origins to the Epic Tradition and Beyond.- 5. What’s in a Namesake: The Mbushe and Gender in Owambo Naming Practices in The Purple Violet of Oshaantu.- 6. Names are sighs of divinity from our forebears: Exploring names through the lens of Ntsiki Mazwai.- 7. Decolonial Epistemologies in Indigenous Names of the Bakiga of Southwest Uganda.- 8. Mother-Agency and the Currency of Names: Gender, Power and the Privilege of Naming among the Maragoli of Kenya.- 9. Akan “Day Names” as Archives of Indigenous Knowledge:  Some Preliminary Thoughts.- 10. Tell me your name and I will tell you who you are: the construction of names in Angola and the colonial influence.- 11. Naming Practices and Language Planning Zimbabwe.