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Reclaiming my name
鈥楾his is me鈥�: Growing up Ciku and Ehi went by English-sounding names. Over time, both of them chose to embrace their African names instead
鈥楾his is me鈥�: Embracing my African identity. At birth Ciku Kimeria was given the name Carrie, but it was a name that never quite fitted. She later would reject it for her Kikuyu name, Wanjiku or Ciku. When Ehi Ekhator was younger, he thought swapping his Nigerian name for an English one would make his life easier but he later came to realise the value of his African name.
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