name
Naweji
nah-WEH-jee
nɑˈwɛdʒiListen
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Naweji
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Lunda (DRC/Zambia)
- Meaning
- a Lunda masculine name borne by several rulers in the Lunda royal succession, denoting one who inherits the spirit of the founder; in Lunda political theology, the names of founding ancestors are recycled through royal succession, with each new ruler taking on the identity and spiritual power of a predecessor — a system called positional succession that the Lunda refined into one of the most sophisticated state expansion mechanisms in African history; a commoner given this name carries a reminder that all social positions are temporary stewardships of something that belongs ultimately to the community and its ancestors
- Gender
- male
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