‘"This is me’: Embracing my African identity. At birth Ciku Kimeria was given the name Carrie, but it was a name that never quite fitted. She later would reject it for her Kikuyu name, Wanjiku or Ciku.
When Ehi Ekhator was younger, he thought swapping his Nigerian name for an English one would make his life easier but he later came to realise the value of his African name."

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BBC World Service - The Comb, Reclaiming my name
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BBC World Service - The Comb, Reclaiming my name

‘This is me’: Embracing my African name