What’s in a name?
Traditionally, Yoruba parents name their children and invite other close friends and relatives to provide a name too. The names usually have meaning and may reflect the circumstances surrounding a child’s birth, family, background, or a prayer. If a child is christened, they may also be given one or two Christian names. Mary and Joel were my parents’ Christian names. Paula is my name. I can’t tell you why they used their Christian names when they lived in the UK, but I intentionally chose to use mine because I was so fed up with the way people deliberately mispronounced or made a fuss over the name that my parents called me at home, ‘Bolanle’.
Bolanle pronounced [boh-lan-leh] is a unisex name and means a child was born into a wealthy home. I am proud of this name and it hurts when people deliberatelymispronounce it. To this today, I struggle to understand how some people willingly learn to speak several languages, including Latin, German, and Mandarin, but they will not make an effort to even try to say an unusual name properly. I too find some names difficult to pronounce at times, but I have found the best way around this is to be respectful,
The first handful are group biographies, and after that, I&#;ve arranged them alphabetically by subject. Book descriptions come from Goodreads.
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