| It is indeed laughable the names that Nigerians bear | | | | A look closer look will reflect some of these names |
| today in the name of christianity. People from the | | | | as Power, Divine, Happiness, Mighty, I-believe in God, |
| developed world will do nonthing but fall about when | | | | Promise, Godsman, etc. There are many more added |
| such names are mentioned. Ordinarily these name | | | | to these. The question therefore is are these |
| apear in form of sentences are sometimes | | | | christian names? Readers please tell me if ever your |
| expressions worded invoke ideas and perceptions. | | | | children will bear a name such as Hero? |
| These names are commonly heard of in some parts | | | | In the past Historians had taught that names in Africa |
| of the country such as among the Niger-Delta people | | | | reflect the circumstances under which a child was |
| and South-Easterners but that is not to say that | | | | born or more precisely reveal the happenings in such |
| such names are not heard among people from other | | | | familes or societies. Thus, the Yorubas say "Ile lanwo |
| tribes of the country. I have pondered over what | | | | kato fun Omo loruko" (we takoe a look at the House |
| the perceived impacts of such names on the lives of | | | | or family background before naming a child) but |
| those who bear the names since it is a common | | | | recent developments are fast departing from this |
| belief that names are major natural determinant | | | | concept. |
| factor on the destiny of human or so do African or | | | | Parents, please there is really nothing in a name. Peter |
| more particularly Nigerian pastors teach us. | | | | could be a thief, John may eventually grow into a |
| Such men of God justify the Biblical Jabez as a man | | | | clever Robber, Peter may turn out once again not to |
| who had to change his name to reflect what God | | | | be a betrayal but this time non christian. after all |
| owed him in life. Anjd so pastors hear advise | | | | Europeans and whites bear names such as Stone, |
| everyone with first or last names percieved to | | | | Bush, Sand, Bladder, Sea and the rest of them. Let |
| reflect paganism or African culture to have such | | | | us use names to remember events in our family |
| names changed so as to invite blessings from God. | | | | background. african parents i beg of you. |