Used to Think “Bianca” and “Biafra” Were Igbo Words!, By Farooq Kperogi
Don’t laugh too hard at my ignorance, but until fairly recently, I used to think Bianca was an Igbo name and thought any non-Igbo person who bore the name did so out of (benign) appellative appropriation—such as many Black Americans who bear African names. Don’t blame me: the first person I ever knew to bear […]
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