Girls Named Queen Elizabeth
The British Royal Family has a tradition for everything, from cradle to the grave. That is quite obvious with the coming burial of Queen Elizabeth. The cradle tradition is naming kids. That is why names like George and Charlotte are passed down generations.
That does not happen with slaves. The master gives them names that denote ownership. That is why millions of girls in Africa are called Elizabeth because she owned countries invaded by her ancestors.
Colonizers from Europe could not speak local languages. They could not pronounce Zulu names like Gwinyitshe or Emekachukwu (Igbo Nigeria), so they gave their servants names like Elizabeth and John. The Anglican Church which will conduct the Queen’s burial, wanted African parents to have English names before they could be ‘christened.’ Meaning, being cleansed of ‘barbarism’ and converted to Christianity.
The baptism certificate, issued by Christian churches like the Church of England had English names. Parents had to name kids after the Queen or fishermen in the bible, if they wanted to send them to school.
Mothers kept the certificate under lock and key together with the birth certificate, another piece of paper demanded by the conquerors. Before they grabbed the land, kids were born at home and the umbilical cord buried in the backyard. They were given African names that tied them to the land. When old age arrived, they were buried at home.
African students in the United Kingdom are still amazed when they discover the lie about western civilization, for example. There are no girls in Britain, Ireland and Scotland named ‘Queen’ like those millions of girls in the British Empire.
The name Elizabeth in all those baptism certificates in Africa is one of the Queen’s legacies, as the ruler of stolen land and cancel culture to make black and brown people, feel inferior.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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