Subtleties of Your Name

Say my name, say my name.

In this light-hearted episode, Awura Abena and Nana Akua (is this my re-brand?) talk about Ghanaian naming practices, the struggles of having your name mispronounced and correcting people, how names affect employability and mobility, taking pride in your name, Snoop Dogg's real name, and how our names connect us to our culture and identity. Oh, and my mum, aka the queen of my life, drops some knowledge. And we hear from some listeners and their name pronunciation struggles.

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The Subtlety of It is recorded and produced on the stolen land of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. I would like to pay my respect to the Ancestors who protect this sacred land and live and speak through community members. I would like to also pay my respect to Elders and community members who are the ongoing custodians of this land and pass on knowledge of Country and the beauty of their cultures through generations. Sovereignty was never ceded. This land always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.

The Subtlety of It is about seemingly small aspects of our identity which affect us in not so subtle ways. Let's unpack these things - consciously, openly and unapologetically. Hosted by Nana. Produced by Awura Abena and Nana.

LINKS

GHANAIAN/AKAN NAMES

• Ghanaian day names: https://theculturetrip.com/africa/ghana/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-ghanaian-tradition-of-day-names/
• The Sociolingustic of Akan Personal Names: http://www.njas.helsinki.fi/pdf-files/vol15num2/agyekum.pdf 
• MORPHOPHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF AKAN FEMALE FAMILY-NAME FORMATION, Ghana Journal of Linguistics: morphophonological analysis of akan female family-name ...www.ajol.info › index.php › gjl › article › download

NAME DISCRIMINATION

• Minorities Who Whiten Job Resumes Get More Interviews: https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/minorities-who-whiten-job-resumes-get-more-interviews
• Why your name matters in the search for a job: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46927417
• Whitened Resumes: Race and Self-Representation in the Labour Market: http://www-2.rotman.utoronto.ca/facbios/file/Whitening%20MS%20R2%20Accepted.pdf 

RAPPERS' NAMES HEHE

• A Complete A-Z of rappers real names: https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/rappers-real-names/ 

Intro/outro music by Matt Gray | @mattymadeit

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