Personal Naming System among Massai of Tanzania

Download or read book Personal Naming System among Massai of Tanzania written by Kusekwa Mabondo and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Sociology - Individual, Groups, Society, , course: Sociolinguistics, language: English, abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to uncover the meaning and motive behind personal names given to baby born during birth times. This study looks Maasai naming systems not as arbitrary labels but as a linguistic anthropological perspective. Among Maasai in Nothern Tanzania, naming system is socio-cultural interpretation of things, events, and life experiences. It is argued that Maasai personal names are related to power and memory.