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Names, Naming and the Code of Cultural Denial in a Contemporary Nigerian Society: An Afrocentric Perspective
Journal of Black Studies ( IF 0.856 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-09 , DOI: 10.1177/0021934720980097
Eyo O. Mensah 1 , Idom T. Inyabri 1 , Benjamin O. Nyong 2
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This article explores the rejection of indigenous African (first) names and the preference for European and westernized names by some Nigerian youth, especially those living in Calabar metropolis, Cross River State, South-eastern Nigeria. The article investigates the personal, cultural and social motivations for foreign names adoption and the subjective interpretations of both rejected and adopted first names. The study is rooted in the Afrocentric paradigm which is grounded in the historical and cultural reality of the African experience to express its core principles of cultural assertion, self-pride and Africa-centered identity. Data for the study was sourced through participant observations, semi-structured interviews and metalinguistic conversations with participants who have been involved in name-changing practices in the last 5 years. The study discovers that young people adopt foreign (first) names to challenge their stereotyped ethnic identities and to contest existing traditional norms about naming. This phenomenon tends to be propelled by additional social, personal and religious factors including, style, personal taste, creativity, religious conversion and the flow of other social capital. This often results in a dramatic drift in African traditional naming practices which tends to erase or subjugate African naming protocol and identities.



中文翻译:

当代尼日利亚社会的名称,命名和文化否认法典:以非洲为中心

本文探讨了一些尼日利亚青年,尤其是生活在尼日利亚东南部克罗斯河州卡拉巴尔市的那些年轻人对非洲原住民(姓氏)名字的拒绝以及对欧洲和西化名字的偏爱。本文研究了采用外国名字的个人,文化和社会动机,以及对被拒绝和采用的名字的主观解释。该研究植根于以非洲为中心的范式,该范式以非洲经验的历史和文化现实为基础,以表达其文化主张,自傲和以非洲为中心的身份的核心原则。该研究的数据来自参与者的观察,半结构化访谈以及与过去5年中参与过改名实践的参与者的语言学对话。研究发现,年轻人采用外国(名字)来挑战其刻板的族裔身份,并与现有的有关命名的传统规范相抗衡。这种现象往往受到其他社会,个人和宗教因素的推动,这些因素包括风格,个人品味,创造力,宗教信仰转变以及其他社会资本的流动。这通常会导致非洲传统命名习惯出现戏剧性变化,从而趋于抹去或征服非洲命名协议和身份。宗教conversion依和其他社会资本的流动。这通常会导致非洲传统命名习惯出现戏剧性变化,从而趋于抹去或征服非洲命名协议和身份。宗教conversion依和其他社会资本的流动。这通常会导致非洲传统命名习惯出现戏剧性变化,从而趋于抹去或征服非洲命名协议和身份。

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