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BABY NAMES

African Baby Names

AFRICAN BABY NAMES AND MEANING  Aziza o    Respected. Darling. o    Category: Muslim, African, Egyptian, Arabic Abayomi o    bringer of happiness. o    Category: African, Egyptian Abdalla o    Servant of God. o    Category: African, Arabic Abebe o    Asked for. o    Category: African Abebi o    Asked for. o    Category: African Abeeku o    one who is born on Wednesday. […]

AFRICAN FASHION

KENTE CLOTH

THE KENTE CLOTH    Kente Cloth Designs and Meaning There are over 350 patterns for Kente Cloths. The patterns are created during the hand weaving process and are determined by the manner in which the threads are intertwined.  Below are some popular patterns, the meaning of these Kente Cloth Motifs & Patterns, and what they […]

African Inventions

speech

AFRICAN INVENTIONS/DISCOVERIES   1. Speech The first words by humans were spoken by Africans. ”Using statistical methods to estimate the time required to achieve the current spread and diversity in modern languages today, Johanna Nichols — a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley — argues that vocal language must have arisen in our species […]

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