Name Change
Safiya Songhai. Safiya means clear and pure minded woman in the Swahili language. After searching for several years to find a surname to match, she chose Songhai from the largest and most accomplished 15th and 16th century West African Empire, now present-day Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, whose leaders emphasized education and social, economic and gender equality. Her ancestry comes from the Yoruba, Kpelle, Bamileke and Mandika people of Western and Central Africa.
Read more about this topic: Safiya Songhai
Famous quotes containing the word change:
“The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.”
—Augusto Roa Bastos (b. 1917)
“Many Americans imagine simpler times even as a storm of social change swirls about, blowing parents here and children there. Sure, the 1950s ideal world would be wonderful. But knock on the nation’s doors: Ozzie and Harriet are seldom at home.”
—Leslie Dreyfous (20th century)