Message: "West Aftrican first and last names"

West Aftrican first and last names

by Perdita Stapleton (guest)

10/13/2010, 6:50 AM

Help! It seems like years I've been seaching for West (Senegal) African first and last names,preferably precolonial both male and female. I would also need the meaning of the names.

Also does anyone know the origins of the names: Cama,Khama,Nandi,and Amina?

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

10/14/2010, 4:15 PM

I don't believe that most West African cultures would have had hereditary surnames before the colonial powers imposed them, so I don't think you will find any precolonial last names.

You can find the origin of Amina by clicking on the linked name.

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