Sentence examples for african name from inspiring English sources

Land traditionally held by African tribes was confiscated and given to Arabs; bearing an African name was discouraged; local languages were forbidden in schools, where offenders were caned in front of other students and forced to carry the image of a donkey on their back.

Born Ryson Webster Thom in the southern tea-growing district of Thyolo in 1934, the schoolmaster's son adopted the more African name of Bingu Mutharika during the 1960s when pan-Africanism was sweeping across the continent.

Mum is wheeled back into the ward by a tall nurse with an African name.

He derided the "colonized" African: "African man no de bare African name.

However, you reminded me of one African name I would like to see used in preference to the colonial one.

She was born in Trenton, New Jersey and named Paulette Williams but took an African name five years ago.

Zairian citizens with Christian names were ordered to change them to African names.

A BNP spokesman said: "Our campaigners trawled through the electoral register and identified 24,000 African names.

She mispronounces several African names, including that of Sundiata Young, which makes the students irate.

And he added: "Americanized, it's 'Oost-hayzen.' A lot of South African names are tough for Americans to pronounce".

When Stanley finds an African named Bongo trying to steal a pocket mirror from his baggage, he knocks him down.