name
Binta
BIN-tah
ˈbɪntɑListen
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Binta
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Mandinka (West Africa)
- Meaning
- a Mandinka feminine name meaning daughter or little daughter, one of the most affectionate and commonly used names for girls among the Mandinka, Fula, and Wolof peoples of Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau; the name became internationally recognisable through Alex Haley's family history Roots, in which Binta is the name of Kunta Kinte's mother, connecting the name to the transatlantic slave trade narrative and the preservation of West African naming traditions across the Middle Passage; Binta carries warmth, familial tenderness, and the continuity of maternal lineage through the naming of daughters
- Gender
- female
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