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    African Best Baby Names
    African Best Baby Names
    African Best Baby Names
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    African Best Baby Names

    By Emmanuel Anene

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    The book is an enlightenment and educational. It brings all the cultures and languages of the continent of Africa under on common roof and draws most popular and meaningful African names.
    It is written in a way to aid African parents and parents to be a fine resource in the selection of their baby name(s).
    It is the hope of the author that this book will serve the intended purpose.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateFeb 25, 2011
    ISBN9781456732011
    African Best Baby Names
    Author

    Emmanuel Anene

    The author has a bachelor of science degree in marketing and a master of science degree in labor and industrial relations. He is also a registered nurse who has practiced nursing for over thirty-seven years in various capacities. He is the president and CEO of Anene, Inc., a health-care consulting firm based in Arlington, Texas, USA. He has been involved in home health marketing for over seventeen years.

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      African Best Baby Names - Emmanuel Anene

      © 2011 Emmanuel Anene. All Rights Reserved

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      First published by AuthorHouse 02/22/2011

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-3200-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-3201-1 (e)

      ISBN: 978-1-4567-3202-8 (hc)

      Printed in the United States of America

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models,

      and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any Web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      EMMANUEL C. ANENE

      (PUBLISHER’S NAME)

      AFRICAN COUNTRIES

      Contents

      Introduction

      About the Author

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      DEDICATION

      A

      B

      C

      D

      E

      F

      G

      H

      I

      J

      K

      L

      M

      N

      O

      P

      S

      T

      U

      V

      W

      X

      Y

      Z

      FAMILY BIRTH REGISTER

      African Languages

      References

      Algeria

      Angola

      Benin

      Botswana

      Burkina Faso

      Burundi

      Cameroon

      Cape Verde

      Central African Republic

      Chad

      Comoros

      Congo Brazzaville

      Congo Kinshasa

      Cote d’lvoire

      Djibouti

      Egypt

      Equatorial Guinea

      Eritrea

      Ethiopia

      Gabon

      Gambia

      Ghana

      Guinea

      Guinea Bissau

      Kenya

      Lesotho

      Liberia

      Libya

      Madagascar

      Malawi

      Mali

      Mauritania

      Mauritius

      Morocco

      Mozambique

      Namibia

      Niger

      Nigeria

      Rwanda

      Sao Tome and Principe

      Senegal

      Seychelles

      Introduction

      The purpose of this book is to make it easy for expectant parents be able to research and pick names for their unborn or unready delivered babies. Mostly the book was made possible as a result of concerted effort in research within the African communities and personal experiences as a father and grandfather.

      Africans as is well known give names to their children for a reason, relevance and purpose. Africans and particularly Nigerian parents pick names for their babies that have attachment to the Almighty GOD – The GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For African it is not enough to put together letters to form nice tone to the ears but rather giving names that are meaningful. The naming of a child in the African cultures and traditions is an exciting experience. Most Africans give first name and

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