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Hi,
I have a question for anyone who feels qualified to help. I recently discovered through DNA testing that I am 82.7% African, primarily from West Africa. I want to change my name to something more meaningful and begin learning about the continent as a whole, and about my heritage in particular.
I don’t want to choose a random name; I would like to go through a process where a name is bestowed upon me based on my characteristics, as revealed to those I work with during this journey. Is there anyone here who can assist me in this endeavor? This person must understand that changing my name from Eric—given to me by my deceased mother—holds significant emotional value for me.
This isn’t about money, though I am open to compensating based on what I can afford. If the process is truly valuable, I could consider a compensation of up to $300, or perhaps I could feel indebted for life.
I humbly accept my DNA results as true, and I am not interested in debating the science behind them. What I seek is imagination, creativity, willpower, desire, and a shared ability to triumph.
Thank you.
Kwabena and Kwesi4 Comments-
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I’d recommend that you have a naming ceremony the right way. We just did a BlackTiful one for those who came on the 26th annual Sankɔfa Journey: https://www.sankofajourney.com
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Ok, thank you! Is there an online or virtual way, as I cannot get a passport and will be for a while because of back support obligations? Or let’s say I am never able to visit. Have my remains cremated sent there and placed back into the soil from which they came?
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@Eeeezy
Cremation is not a funeral practice of Kmtyw=Black people.
Cremation is a foreign funeral practice that I see more and more Kmtyw embracing and engaging in.
In authentic indigenous Kmtyw funeral practice, you need the deceased body in order to perform the necessary ancestral spiritual rituals and ceremonies to send the deceased body into the Afterlife of the Ancestors (Asamando)
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I second the above. I might add that you should start paying attention to your dreams. Over the course of four years, the ancestors kept dropping clear hints in my dreams. Once I saw a video of Obenfo Obdele naming his children and read an article on how we name ourselves, I knew it was legit.
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