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Letter from Africa: Why I back the Swazi kings nation change
Letter from Africa: Why I back the Swazi kings nation change
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Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene supports the name eSwatini, but suggests land of many wives.
Thomas Sankara changed Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, meaning "land of the upright men", in 1984 Back in the 1970s and 1980s and indeed up until the 1994 democratic elections, there were lots of people who assumed liberation from apartheid would bring a change of name to Azania. If King Mswati III wanted to be really brave he could have followed the example of the late military leader of the country once called Upper Volta, Thomas Sankara, who jettisoned that colonial name in favour of the somewhat dramatic Burkina Faso, which means "the land of the upright men". Or, King Mswati III could have renamed his country whatever the Swazi rendition is for "the land of many wives".For the moment, we shall stick to the boring eSwatini.More Letters from Africa The teenager fighting school bus sex pests Why I loved Winnie Mandela, warts and all The handshake that left millions of Kenyans confused Mugabe feeling unloved on his birthday Why some Sudanese back the lecturer who beat his students Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica Related TopicsSwaziland
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    2018-04-25 08:31:24


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