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About Afrikan Names | About the Author

About Afrikan Names

Afrikan Names is an online resource dedicated to the art and science of African names. This site was created to:

• help African descended people research, reclaim and preserve African names; and
• to accompany and compliment THE AFRICAN BOOK OF NAMES.

Individuals of any age may use Afrikan Names or THE AFRICAN BOOK OF NAMES to select names for themselves, organizations, events, or other entities. The Afrikan Names database currently consists of approximately 6,740 African names. However, only a fraction of these names is  available online. For a broader, bigger selection, please see THE AFRICAN BOOK OF NAMES, which offers readers 5,508 names organized by theme from 37 countries and at least 70 different ethnolinguistic groups.

Let it be known: the work of gathering African names is guided by a spiritual, social, political, and academic acknowledgment of Africa as the absolute birthplace of humankind. Indeed, this site unapologetically celebrates Africa as a beating heart of the world.

About the Author

Askhari Hodari, an African name gatherer, author and Black Studies practitioner, has studied and collected African names for more than two decades. A name enthusiast, she has performed and participated in countless naming ceremonies in the United States and abroad.

Hodari is the author of LIFELINES: The Black Book of Proverbs (Broadway Books, November 2009), THE AFRICAN BOOK OF NAMES (Health Communications Inc., 2009),  and THE BLACK FACTS CALENDARS.

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