Identity is influenced by many factors. Factors such as gender and ethnicity are the most apparent traits to recognize in a person, and because of that, it tends to lead other factors to be unnoticed, for example, culture. To me, culture is what identifies me. It’s what shapes my being, my personality. Culture plays a huge role in my life; it’s what made me become who I am today. Culture is defined as the combination of values, beliefs, and practices of a particular group, and I believe my particular group, my particular culture is very unique. As you can tell by my 10 letters name, I am African; not just African, a Nigerian. My father always wanted me to carry the pride of a Nigerian, hence he named me Nwerebuaku. Nwerebuaku, unlike most names here in America, has a significant meaning to it.
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It is said that “If you train a woman, you have trained a nation.” Back in the days, as I was told by my parents, women education was viewed as a taboo or wastage, which in fact was a case with my grandmother. She was not encouraged in western education, however, was involved in subsistent farming, which was a major task of most parents to train their daughter as farmers. Women has always been treated or regarded as a second class citizen, who would soon be married off to a man for a price, which was reflected in the type of name given to their female children; such as Ego, meaning wealth, and Nwerebuaku, meaning woman is wealth. But, thank God for my grandfather, who saw the benefit of western education, and was not averse to the education of the female. Hence, my mother was educated, which guaranteed her good quality life and suitable home. I do appreciate my name (Nwerebuaku) despite the association of it. But, I do believe my name has a deeper meaning to it. I wouldn’t want any other name in the world, no matter how many times I’ve struggled in school because of
It is said that “If you train a woman, you have trained a nation.” Back in the days, as I was told by my parents, women education was viewed as a taboo or wastage, which in fact was a case with my grandmother. She was not encouraged in western education, however, was involved in subsistent farming, which was a major task of most parents to train their daughter as farmers. Women has always been treated or regarded as a second class citizen, who would soon be married off to a man for a price, which was reflected in the type of name given to their female children; such as Ego, meaning wealth, and Nwerebuaku, meaning woman is wealth. But, thank God for my grandfather, who saw the benefit of western education, and was not averse to the education of the female. Hence, my mother was educated, which guaranteed her good quality life and suitable home. I do appreciate my name (Nwerebuaku) despite the association of it. But, I do believe my name has a deeper meaning to it. I wouldn’t want any other name in the world, no matter how many times I’ve struggled in school because of