Ya have any desire to change your last name (Slave name)

[BigMan]

That sounds interesting that all the cacs with your name died off.

Its supposedly the fusion of two names and yes as far as we can trace no cacs with my name

Not sure about my moms side tho . My moms' side is from everywhere

 

[Poitier]

I don't either , but the only way cacs are going to give those reparations up is if we take it by force

I don't disagree and it will happen.

 

[Westcoastnative]

I actually have a last name that's French and it's a very unusual sounding. My last name is extremely rare and it's not one of those typical French last names that end with an 'x'.

But nah, I wouldn't change my last name.

 

[#1 pick]

Change it to something Igbo, Yoruba or Ashanti

 

[Poitier]

Change it to something Igbo, Yoruba or Ashanti

He is Jamaican so Benin would be more accurate.

 

[#1 pick]

He is Jamaican so Benin would be more accurate.

Fon or Yoruba if he's related to the south of benin

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Me and my mother been chopping it up about this for a good year , and we're definitely boutta do that . shyt feels crazy dwelling these streets with a name provided to you from slavery , how the fukk the vast majority of nikkas walking around with an European last name smh shyt is evidence that we have damn near zero sense of identity. We haven't come to a conclusion what we want to change it to yet though but we def in the process of doing so . This thought ever come through ya heads before ?

I'm changing my name to a Ghanian name. Not sure what I'm gonna pick, but it's gonna be swagged out as fukk

EDIT: Found my name

Annan - 4th born

EDIT2: That was easier than I thought

Kwame Annan is gonna be my new name

EDIT3: looks like Kwame means born on Satuday and I was born on a Tuesday

I guess I can rock with Kwabena Annan

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I don't either , but the only way cacs are going to give those reparations up is if we take it by force

And nikkas won't bust a grape so basically the shyt will never happen.

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

I'm changing my name to a Ghanian name. Not sure what I'm gonna pick, but it's gonna be swagged out as fukk

EDIT: Found my name

Annan - 4th born

That shyt wavey fam , you have a source/website where I can browse for choices though ? Good looks in advance

 

[↓R↑LYB]

That shyt wavey fam , you have a source/website where I can browse for choices though ? Good looks in advance

Ghana Baby Names and Meanings: Page - 1 - GhanaNation.com

The most swagged out name in the universe :brehwow2:

Kwabena Annan (male child born on Tuesday, 4th born).

 

[Faneto]

Meh seems pointless to change it imo

If you want to change your name just out of principle, do you though. To me, slavery is part of our history and our given names factors into that. Changing your name to an African name, is trying to change your history and almost like a slap in the face to your ancestors.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Meh seems pointless to change it imo

If you want to change your name just out of principle, do you though. To me, slavery is part of our history and our given names factors into that. Changing your name to an African name, is trying to change your history and almost like a slap in the face to your ancestors.

That's silly breh. Africans are the oldest race of people on the planet and our history is way more than just slavery. Before you were forced to have a European name, you had a traditional African name, traditional African language, and traditional African religion.

And I'm pretty sure if our ancestors knew what was about to happen, they would have slaughtered every single European that dared to step foot off those slave ships

 

[Faneto]

That's silly breh. Africans are the oldest race of people on the planet and our history is way more than just slavery. Before you were forced to have a European name, you had a traditional African name, traditional African language, and traditional African religion.

And I'm pretty sure if our ancestors knew what was about to happen, they would have slaughtered every single European that dared to step foot off those slave ships

The way I see it is that AAs are our own tribe with our own distinct history. Part of that history is slavery and our given surnames is an extension of that. I'm not saying to take pride in our surnames like Cacs do obviously. They are European names but our given names is a reminder of our history and something that makes our tribe distinct from other tribes in the Black diaspora. When I hear the name "Joe Jackson", I know that it's a brotha and we share similar histories. We come from the same tribe and culture. When I hear the name "Kwasi Asamoah", I know dude is black but we have different histories and come from different cultures, etc.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

The way I see it is that AAs are our own tribe with our own distinct history. Part of that history is slavery and our given surnames is an extension of that. I'm not saying to take pride in our surnames like Cacs do obviously. They are European names but our given names is a reminder of our history and something that makes our tribe distinct from other tribes in the Black diaspora. When I hear the name "Joe Jackson", I know that it's a brotha and we share similar histories. We come from the same tribe and culture. When I hear the name "Kwasi Asamoah", I know dude is black but we have different histories and come from different cultures, etc.

Let's use the proper language breh. You weren't given a name. You had one forced on you. The same way you weren't given English or Christianity. It was forced on you, and if you didn't accept it, the consequence was death.

So if you're argument is you'll accept your slave name as a cultural identifier, you must also accept your slave religion (along with the white Jesus) because it was given at the exact same time. Matter of fact it wasn't until Africans were "converted' that they were even allowed to have a European name.

And you can be your own tribe and not carry around the name of your oppressor. It just as silly for an African to be named Joe Jackson as it is for us to be named Chow Yun Ming.

 

[Barnett114]

Let's use the proper language breh. You weren't given a name. You had one forced on you. The same way you weren't given English or Christianity. It was forced on you, and if you didn't accept it, the consequence was death.

So if you're argument is you'll accept your slave name as a cultural identifier, you must also accept your slave religion (along with the white Jesus) because it was given at the exact same time. Matter of fact it wasn't until Africans were "converted' that they were even allowed to have a European name.

And you can be your own tribe and not carry around the name of your oppressor. It just as silly for an African to be named Joe Jackson as it is for us to be named Chow Yun Ming.

He's not African American breh, he's @egobiggs aka @1stPick aka @Barnett115, a Canadian breh