Your name is what establish your presence on earth. Your name is the evidence of your existance. When a name is attached to an you, certain specific forces of conscious intelligence are stimulated. These conscious forces combined to create a complete person you can identify. Without our true names we had no connection to our true identity.
African names are gorgeous, charming and melodic even to the English speaking ear.
They also have phenomenal meanings and unique histories. In Africa the birth of a child is an event of great exultation and importance. So great significance is attached to the naming of the child. The hopes of the ancestors, the status of the family, current occurences and celestial events are use in naming the child. It is believed that the name chosen will exert an influence for better or for worse on the life of the child.