hi peridon as requested please find source below african languages and ebonics by dr katherine harris central connecticut state university africa update vol iv no summer pan african language patterns revisited the erosion of african names also occurred samba meaning comfort in wolof is still recalled in musical form in brazil where there remains a strong african presence a possible derivation of samba is zambo southern central africa which also means to give comfort other derivatives are sambu in mandinka and sambo in hausa the fact that the name was at one time fairly common and no longer used may have relationship to a song popularized by white americans during the war from sambo's right to be kilt and especially the derogatory usage of the name enshrined in the book little black sambo some africans personalities with the surname first name samba samb sambe zambo amadou samba chairman of gacem co ltd samba diabe sambe samba one of the last remaining xalam players professor beno t ndi zambo cameroon philippe mballa zambo footballer from cameroon here is television interview of the man this article must be deleted immediately or a disambiguation tag added to it as in the samba dance article i call for the former because the name is african in origin and in african society it does not mean what this article is purporting it to mean thank you