It's not slavery to bear English names, some of us have British grandfathers – Kofi Kinaata

January 4, 2021 Uncategorized 16 Views

Talking on Radio Centra, the award-winning Ghanaian musician continued that “so there’s nothing we will do about it. It’s the title given to us by our forefathers which has religious connotations so it’s unimaginable to alter it“.

“We got here to fulfill these English names however as time goes on we’ll give native Fante names to our kids however clearly we have to add the surname which is King-Arthur. Most of my members of the family have stopped giving their kids English names however as for the surname which is King-Arthur it could live on,” he added on Kastle FM.

Throughout an interview with Amansan Krakye, Kofi Kinaata emphasised that “so I might say that it’s a supply of satisfaction to bear an area indigenous title however a few of us our grandparents had been from England so our title will stay as such. It doesn’t imply that having an English title connotes having a slavery mentality.”

This comes after just a few weeks in the past when KKD while talking on Zylofon FM about why he would not bear an English title quizzed “Are our names so evil?”

He continued that “are they so unhealthy that since you need to go to church, someone has to alter your title? I don’t perceive it. So I insisted on utilizing Kwasi Kyei Darwkah to make an announcement that the primary title just isn’t English, the center title just isn’t English and the final names actually not English“.

“Emancipate your self from psychological slavery. None however ourselves can free our minds. Consider your ancestors who had been whipped on the again and compelled to simply accept one other man’s names. Why then in freedom do I nonetheless need to fall into that lure and name myself by one other man’s title,” he stated.

“No matter they do elsewhere, we will do identical right here however we don’t should be like them as a result of we’re we and they’re they,” he added whereas singing Bob Marley’s music, ‘Redemption Tune’.