I Want An African Name
In my journey for personal self awareness i've come to understand that how we view the world around us has a lot to do how we see ourselves. In other words our Identities affect the we move in the world.
What more could be telling about one's identity than their name.
For those of you that don't know I'm of African Descent. My given Name Is Hebrew and was taken from the bible. Nothing that I have an issue with. But when i look in the mirror I don't see a Hebrew, I see an African and i want to embrace that Africaness in me. So I want an African name. The wall that i am running into is where do I get that name. It seems somehow disingenuous to just pick one. To be honest i feel like i need to earn one, it should reflect me.
I figure i should find my tribe and my people and go visit my true home and maybe then I can finally have an African name.
2 comments:
Or you can get a root reading and set up an ancestral altar ;-)
You should set up an ancstral altar anyway though...
really now...do you have so literature on that
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