koalib naming system

today i would like to analyze with you the koalib naming system,

the koalib have got a name system that is composed of twelve base names for boys and girls, that is twelve base names in total, six for girls and six for boys, these twelve names are base names from which other names can be derived, the names are kwokwo, kwodi, kalu, kwumi, kwotcho and kwunda for the boys and then

 Ama, kweni, kwitchi, Mbacha, Ambu and  kwoto for girls.

these are just the names from which many other names can be derived, for example take the name kwumi = kwumika, dumi, dumothy, mimi, tomi, remi, mimi, nyimi, tima, kiraw, biraw, etc, apart from these base names there are other many names that are got not necessarily got from the base names but are for people fallowing within the range of that number eg

bebesh, muthur, elbegel, jani, shebun, kithemba, etc

but what is happening to the naming system of the koalib today?

it is still common to find koalib people with their original names but they rarely write them down on official documents, something which begs a lot of questions , why have our people abandoned their identity? the names and the langaage give an identity to each society in the world, once they are lost then we can have a society with no culture and no basic norms and traditions that keep them apart from others. what should we do to save the situation?

Nuba koalib kalkilang dance

Birkani among the koalib community, do you know it?

We it is a kind of a wish which the koalib people do before the harvest time, a man used to bring home what is a seed for the next year (ngebder), the an elder child to be the hear of a family is called, the mother makes some food, and the mix some flour with water and holds it in a calabash, the a man extends the ngwender ( seeds) inside to the child to hold, they are held by the three ( mother, child and father) and the wishes for the family are made. They may include the following

ayeway amundu were ( i wish i had a  gun)

ayeway kuway kwere( i wish i had a slave to work us)

ayeway ngerle ngere ( i wish i had wealth more than what we have today)

The list goes on and on depending on their wishes, then a calabash is left and water its contents pours out to seal off the wish, the child is the given a small bow and arrow as a sigh of protection for the land, he is advised to work very hard during the course of a new year in order to get all that they have wished for, that is how it happens, but today it i no more done, that may explain why our children these days are a little bit lazy, do you like it, let me know before i give you another thing?

The koalib kireng dance

The koalib kireng dance

The koalib kireng dance

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