What is it about?
Personal names among the Ngemba, a Grassland people of western Cameroon, are forms of narratives that represents past experiences and conflicts encountered by the name giver
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Why is it important?
Ngemba names do not only reflect individual or collective identities and belongings but also embed significant historical resonances and cultural assumptions that reflect cruel and sometimes pleasant personal memories, unresolved tensions and promising futures.
Perspectives
Naming among the Ngemba is a component of routine communicative practice which is a unique form of cultural identity and narrative discourse that mirror past encounters of the name givers (parents) which are central to the self-definition and future expectations of the name bearers (children).
Dr Eyo O. Mensah
University of Calabar
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This page is a summary of: The communicative significance of Ngə̂mbà personal names, African Identities, April 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14725843.2017.1319753.
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