{"id":2802,"date":"2022-03-10T00:25:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T00:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2022-03-10T00:25:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T00:25:05","slug":"we-must-bring-back-culture-of-african-names-with-ties-to-our-customs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/03\/10\/we-must-bring-back-culture-of-african-names-with-ties-to-our-customs\/","title":{"rendered":"We must bring back culture of African names with ties to our customs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we were young most of us got names that were mostly found in the Old Testament such as Moses, Daniel, etc. Some other names such as mine, Ainea (pronounced as EY-NIYAH) were also not common in the Bible and we have a similar one, Aeneas. I might guess the reason for this naming was mainly because Christianity was a major factor. 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