A Friendly Guide to African Baby Names (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798298159852)

This book is a respectful, practical guide to African names, created to help readers choose, pronounce, and understand them with care. Across Africa, names carry history, meaning, and cultural memory-marking events, seasons, hopes, and identities. Each entry is arranged alphabetically, showing pronunciation, gender, meaning, origin, and cultural context, followed by a short everyday-life scene to bring the name to life. The book serves parents, teachers, writers, students, and community leaders, offering accurate, accessible information without jargon. It values authenticity, acknowledges language evolution, and treats sacred or sensitive names with calm respect. Whether for naming a child, honoring someone's heritage, or exploring African languages, this work invites readers to see names as living bridges between people, stories, and traditions.

Author: R. Ayir
ISBN-13: 9798298159852
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 08/14/2025
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d