While many African countries have faced coups d’etats at different points in their existence,  Botswana is one of the few that has never experienced such. This explains why the presidents of Botswana have led the country through significant economic, social, and political transformations. Also, the country serves as a model of democracy and development in Africa. Their legacies continue to inspire people in Botswana and beyond.

Meet The Presidents of Botswana From Past to Present 

1. Seretse Khama

• Date of Birth:  1 July 1921– 13 July 1980
• Presidential Term: 30 September 1966 – 13 July 1980
• Political party: BDP

He was born Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama on July 1, 1921. Seretse Khama was the first president of the landlocked country. He assumed office on September 30, 1966, through election. Prior, Khama was elected as the first prime minister of the country in 1965, a position that no one ever held as the country changed its system of government.

He had been involved in politics during the British colonial rule in the country and was recognized as a chieftain of his people, the Bamangwato. However, his position was challenged when he married a White woman named, Ruth Williams in a time when interracial marriages were considered taboo. While many like Julius Nyerere of Tanzania described their love as one of the great love stories of the world, many more opposed it.

On the one hand, there were the tribal elders of Bechuanaland who opposed it because they expected him as a member of the royal family to marry one of their women.

On the other hand was South Africa which had introduced the racial segregation system known as apartheid. Since Britain, the colonial power in Bechuanaland was getting cheap mineral resources from South Africa, the country pushed for Khama’s banishment.

He and his wife were exiled in 1951. They were allowed to return to Bechuanaland as private citizens in 1956 after he renounced his tribal chieftaincy. Needless to say, Khama soon joined local politics and even rose to the position of secretary of the tribal council in the late 60s. In 1961, he founded the Bechuanaland Democratic Party which is now known as Botswana Democratic Party.

He was elected as the country’s first president under the party’s flag. Notably, Khama set the country on the path of development through its mining industry. Unsurprisingly,  Botswana had the fastest-growing economy in the world between 1960 and 80.  He was elected three times in 1969, 1974, and 1979 in a tenure that lasted 13 years. Sadly, he died in his sleep during his last tenure.

2. Quett Masire

• Date of Birth: 23 July 1925– 22 June 2017
• Presidential Term: 18 July 1980 – 31 March 1998
• Political Party: BDP

He started as the vice president during Khama’s tenure and assumed office shortly after his death. Quett Masire assumed office on July 13, 1980. Like his predecessor, Masire worked towards the independence struggle of his country.

He served for three terms from 1980 to 1998 making him the longest serving Botswana president. Masire retired from politics in 1998. Notably, the former president became a strong critic of the BDP claiming that the party had moved from the ideals in which it was formed.

Sadly, He died on June 29, 2017, at the age of 91.

3. Festus Mogae

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• Date of Birth:  21 August 1939
• Presidential Term: 1 April 1998 – 1 April 2008
• Political Party: BDP

He is the third president of Botswana who served two tenures that lasted between 1998 and 2008. Festus Mogae was born on August 21, 1939 in Serowe. He studied Economics in the UK and when he assumed office, he embarked on a campaign to tackle poverty and the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the country.

After his second tenure ended, Mogae left office. Needless to say, he has remained active in pursuing different courses including being a special envoy of the UN Secretary General on Climate Change. He also sits on the advisory board of TeachAids, a US nonprofit.

4. Seretse Khama Ian Khama

• Date of Birth: 27 February 1953
• Presidential Term: 1 April 2008- 1 April 2018
• Political Party: BDP

He served for two terms as the fourth president of the country. Seretse Khama Ian Khama who is also referred to as Ian Khama is the second child of the former resident, Seretse Khama. Aside from sharing a name with his father, Ian also took a career footstep in politics and reached the highest office on April 1, 2008, after Mogae stepped down making him one of few sons of former presidents to achieve this feat. Others include Gnassingbé Eyadema and Faure Eyadema of Togo, Jomo Kenyatta and Uhuru Kenyata of Kenya, and Joseph Kabila

Before this, he was trained at the military academy in Sandhurst, UK, and held positions like commander of the Botswana Defense Force. He retired from military service on March 31, 1998, and went fully into politics the following month when he became the vice president under Festus Mogae.

He eventually became president after Mogae stepped down in 2008. Though he promised continuity in policy, his government was accused of many controversies. These include the killing of John Khalifas, party manipulations, and illegal possession of firearms.

Ian served in office for two five-year tenures that lasted 10 years before leaving office in 2018. He also left the BDP which his father helped to found and joined the Botswana Patriotic Front(BPF). As mentioned earlier, he has faced some controversies including the possession of firearms and this led to the issuance of an arrest in 2022. However, he failed to appear in court leading to a 14-count charge against him

See Also: 10 Presidents That Ruled Africa Longest

5. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi

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• Date of Birth: 21 July 1962
• Presidential Term: 1 April 2018
• Political Party: BDP

Mokgweetsi Masisi is fondly called ‘Sisiboy’ as a play on his surname and he assumed office on April 1, 2018, as the fifth president of the country under the BDP. Before this, he had worked in other political offices such as the vice president. Like Ian Khama, Masisi’s father, Edison Masisi was very active in the politics of Botswana.

In the early years of his career, Masisi worked as an actor and is notable for acting in the lead role in the production of Cry the Beloved Country, based on Alan Paton’s book of the same name.  Also, he took up a teaching career and taught at the secondary school level. He served as the Chancellor of the University of Botswana during Ian Khami’s presidency.

More on his presidency, Masisi reversed some of the policies of his predecessor such as lifting the ban on elephant hunting. This and other issues made Ian Khama regret making Masisi his successor. He went as far back as calling it a mistake.

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More so, Nigeria is recognized for its diverse cultures, vibrant scene, and rich history. It is also known as the largest black nation in the world and the economic heartbeat of Africa, a nation endowed with a wealth of natural resources. Its people are considered to have amiable energy and hospitality.

Here are Some of The Great  Nigerian Quotes 

1. Hold a true friend with both hands.

2. A child does not die because the mother’s breasts are dry.

3. When the music changes, so do the dance.

4. Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.

5. Without knowing a person we must not hate him.

6. One finger cannot remove lice from the head.

7. Love is better than a whip

8. What affects the nose must also affect the eyes that must weep for it.

9. When the laborer is praised, his cutlass begins to cut more keenly.

10. Marriage is like groundnut, you have to crack it to see what is inside.

11. It is the habit that a child forms at home, that follows them to their marriage.

12. If the owner of a calabash calls it a worthless calabash, others will join him to use it to pack rubbish.

13. He who does not mend his clothes will soon have none.

14. Even if a goat has a frown face, it cannot lack a buyer in the market.

15. The same sun that melts the wax is also capable of hardening clay.

16. No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yam.

17. Horses have four legs though they often fall.

18 . That man who has one eye will only thank God if he sees a blind man.

19. He who sees an old hag squatting should leave her alone; who knows how she breathes?

20. Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone.

21. Maize bears fruits once and dies because it is not rooted in the ground.

22. He who will swallow the Udala seed must consider the size of his stomach.

23. The fly that has no one to advise him follows a corpse into the grave,

24. When a handshake passes the elbow, it becomes another thing.

25. When a mighty tree falls, the birds are scattered into the bush.

26. No matter how a log stays in the water, it does not become a crocodile.

27 The little bird that hops off the ground and lands on anti-hill may not know it but is still on the ground.

29. A common snake, which a man sees all alone, may become a python in his eyes.

30. The very thing that killed a mother rat is always there to ensure its young ones never open their eyes.

31. A boy who perseveres in asking what killed his father before he has enough strength to avenge may be asking for his father’s fate.

32. When death wants to take a little dog, it prevents him from perceiving even the smell of excrement.

33. A man who sees a hen scattering excrement should stop it. Who knows who will eat the leg?

34. If that rat cannot flee enough, let it make way for a tortoise.

35. You cannot beat a drum with one finger.

36. Look for a dark goat first in the daytime because you may not find it at night.

37. What an elder saw while sitting, a youth could not see it standing.

38. When a man makes a fence, you will know his level of wisdom.

39. A fowl does not forget who trims his feathers during the rainy season.

40. Send your child where he wants to go, and you will see his pace.

41. A child’s fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam, which his mother puts into his hand.

42. A chick that will grow into a rooster can be spotted the very day it hatches.

43. When two elephants meet on a narrow bridge, they cannot go anywhere until one them lies down.

44. When you are crying for rain, you are crying for mud too.

45. Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.

46. A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness.

47. Wherever a man goes to dwell, his character goes with him.

48. It takes a whole village to raise a child.

49.  Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.

50. If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended, forgive.

51. Don’t set sail using someone else’s star.

52.  He who sleeps with an itchy anus must wake up with smelly fingers.

53. If you cannot look ahead, you will always remain behind.

54. When the mouse laughs at the cat there is a hole nearby.

55. Water may cover the footprint on the ground but it does not cover the words of the mouth.

56. Until lions have their own historians, accounts of the hunt will always celebrate the hunter.

57. The only insurance against fire is to have two houses.

58.  The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lies by the fire to sleep.

59. The mouth that eats pepper is the one that the pepper influences.

60.  The disobedient fowl obeys in a pot of soup.

61. The frog does not jump in the daytime without reason.

62. The death that will kill a man begins with an appetite.

63. The day on which one starts out is not the time to start one’s preparations.

64. Rain does not make friends with anybody- it falls on any person it meets outside.

65. No sane person sharpens his machete to cut a banana tree.

66. No matter how dark it is, the hand always knows the way to the mouth.

67. It is the fear of offense that makes men swallow poison.

68. If you fill your mouth with a razor, you will spit blood.

69 Grass does not grow on the nose of a thief.

70 From the well of envy, only a fool drinks the water.

71. Fowls will not spare a cockroach that falls in their mist.

72. Choose your neighbors before you buy your house.

73. Birth is the only remedy against death.

74. Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

75. Abundance will make cotton pull a stone.

76 A tree does not move unless there is wind.

77. A traveler to distant places should make no enemies.

78. A person always breaking off from work never finishes anything.

79. A man does not wander far from where his corn is roasting.

80. A hunter who has only one arrow does not shoot with careless aim.

81. A fowl does not forget where it lays its eggs.

82.  A rat is not born a rabbit.

83. He who marries beauty marries trouble.

84. Guilt is like the footprint of a hippopotamus.

85.

86. Only the thing for which you have struggled will last.

87. The child of an elephant will not be a dwarf.

88. One who has been bitten by a snake lives in fear of worms.

89. One who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness.

90. The roaring lion kills no prey.

91. Familiarity breeds contempt; distance breeds respect.

92. However far the stream flows, it never forgets its source.

93. A man who swallows a whole coconut has to compete with faith in his anus.

94. He who wanders away must come back.

95. You can’t Judge that a market would be bad in the morning.

96. The okra cannot grow taller than the planter.

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97. What else is expected of cigarettes if not smoke?

98. White ant is beautiful but can’t be eaten by a hen.

99. If a snake fails to show its venom, little kids will use it in tying firewood.

100. There are various eaves in the forest, but people go in to look for Okazi leaves.

100. If the yam used in sacrifice does not die prematurely, it will eventually germinate.

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Africans have their own unique perspectives on wealth, material possessions, and financial success. In many African cultures, the concept of money is deeply intertwined with ideas about status, power, and social hierarchy. Nevertheless, African societies have become more integrated into the global economy, and the role of money has become even more central. Today, African men are often judged not only by their traditional forms of wealth but also by their ability to participate in the modern economy, whether through entrepreneurship, skilled labor, or education.

African Sayings on Money 

1. Make some money but don’t let money make you.

2. He who loves money must labor.

3. Poverty is slavery.

4. Money can even corrupt the virtuous.

5. If it hurts to spend your money, you will go hungry.

6. It is no disgrace at all to work for money.

7. He who has people is richer than he who has money.

8. If money where to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys.

9. If you want to improve your memory, lend someone money.

10. What is sweet in a fool’s mouth will surely finish his money.

11. When a blind man is happy he gives to his child to buy kerosene for his lamp.

12. Money is sharper than a sword.

13. When a poor man gets a little money, his thoughts go off in ten different directions.

14. It is better to inherit the gratitude of your father than his building.

15. Use what you have earned in earlier days

16. A patient man is a wealthy man

17. The firewood in a community gets the community’s food done.

18. Money has no tongue and yet it speaks for the rich.

19. Wealth is invited but poverty invites itself

20. He who sells sand as brown sugar will receive stones as payment.

21. Much wealth brings many enemies.

22. Money is like a guest: it comes today leaves tomorrow.

23.If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise. Every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.

24. The poorest man in the world is not the one without money but the one without people.

25. Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true.

26. Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.

27. By labor comes wealth.

28. You become wise when you begin to run out of money

29. With wealth one wins a woman.

30. One cannot count on riches.

31. Money is not the medicine against death.

32. A fool and his money is one big party.

33. Your brother’s pocket cannot keep your wealth.

34. He who knows that he has enough is rich.

35. Even if you are rich, you cannot bury yourself.

36. If you get rich, be in a dark corner when you jump for joy.

37. Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.

38. Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.

39. If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.

40. Greed loses what it has gained.

41. Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you.

42. Money resides right in the lion’s mouth.

43. Good pedigrees cannot be bought with money.

44. Money is capable of elevating and damaging one’s character.

45. Lack of money is the arch-frightener.

46. The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.

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47. Money is sweet balm

48. If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as it is.

49. News that’s for money today will be for free tomorrow.

50. Money, like manure, does no good till is spread.

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Moreover, the Yoruba people are an ethnic group primarily found in Nigeria, as well as other parts of west Africa like Benin, Togo, and Sierra Leone. They have a rich cultural heritage and are known for their art, music, and religion, which includes the worship of the numerous deities known as the Orishas.

Yoruba Names and Meanings For Boys 

Adetayo

• Meaning: The crown has brought us honor

Adeshola

• Meaning: One who is crowned to bring wealth

Adebisi

• Meaning: The king produces more

Adebiyi

• Meaning: The royal one

Adebowale

• Meaning: The crown has come home

Akintoye

• Meaning: Strenght is all I need

Adeboye

• Meaning: The crown meets with dignity

Adedayo

• Meaning: The crown became Joy

Adetola

• Meaning: The crown is worth the same as wealth

Adekunle

• Meaning: Crowns fill the house

Alade

• Meaning: The crowned one

Abioye

• Meaning: Son of royalty

Abiodun

• Meaning: Born during a festive period

Adebayo

• Meaning: He came in Joyful time

Adeleke

• Meaning: The crown stays above

Adeyemi

• Meaning: worthy of the crown

Adenuga

• Meaning: The crown owns the palace

Ayotunde

• Meaning: Joy has returned

Ayoola

• Meaning: The joy of wealth

Adeyinka

• Meaning: The crowns surrounds me

Adesola

• Meaning: crowned with wealth

Adesoji

• Meaning: The crown is revived

Adenrele

• Meaning: The crown is going home

Adepoju

• Meaning: Many crowns

Abitoluwa

• Meaning: Born as God’s own

Adegoke

• Meaning:  The crown has been exalted

Adekola

• Meaning: The crown brings wealth

Afolabi

• Meaning: Born into wealth

Adesanya

• Meaning: My pain has been compensated with the birth of this child

Adelomo

• Meaning: A child is a crown

Akinwale

• Meaning: Strenght/Valor/Warrior has  come home

Araoluwakiitan

• Meaning: The wonders of the Lord never ends

Aremu

• Meaning: First male child in the family

Adedeji

• Meaning: The king has become two

Akande

• Meaning: First born

Babatunji

• Meaning: Father has returned

Boluwatife

• Meaning: As God wishes

Bayowa

• Meaning: He came with Joy

Bankole

• Meaning: Build a home for me

Babasola

• Meaning: Father’s wealth has come

Bolade

• Meaning: Honor will come

Durojaiye

• Meaning: One who waits for the Joy of life

Durodola

• Meaning: Wait for wealth

Damola

• Meaning: Child mixed with wealth

Ebunoluwa

• Meaning: God’s gift

Erioluwa

• Meaning: Evidence of God

Eyitayo

• Meaning: Sufficient cause for Joy

Femi

• Meaning: Love me

Ibunkunoluwa

• Meaning: Blessing of God

Idowu

• Meaning:  Born after twins

Iyinoluwa

• Meaning: Praise of God

Ilerioluwa

• Meaning: God’s promise

Juwon

• Meaning: God is gracious

Kolawole

• Meaning: Wealth has entered

Mayowa

• Meaning: One who brings joy to the family

Mobolaji

• Meaning:  One who wears the crown of wealth

Modadeola

• Meaning: One is waering the crown of wealth

Mobolarinwa

• Meaning: I walk with wealth

Modurodoluwa

• Meaning: I waited on the lord

Obafemi

• Meaning: The king loves me

Olabisi

• Meaning: Joy has increased

Oladayo

• Meaning: Wealth has become joy

Olusola

• Meaning: The Lord has blessed me

Oluwadaramisi

• Meaning: God is good to me

Oluwadamilola

• Meaning: The Lord makes me wealthy

Oluwagbenga

• Meaning: The Lord has lifted me

Oluwakayode

• Meaning: The Lord has brought Joy

Oluwale

• Meaning: Wealth has come

Oluwapamilerin

• Meaning: God has made me to laugh

Oluwasegun

• Meaning: God has been victorious

Oluwarotimi

• Meaning: God lives with me

Oluwaseun

• Meaning: Thanks be to God

Oluwaseyi

• Meaning: God did this

Oluwatobi

• Meaning: God is great

Omobolanle

• Meaning: Child that met wealth at home

See Also: 150+ Ghanaian Female Names And Meanings

Oyebanji

• Meaning: Title awakens me

Oyindamola

• Meaning: Honey mixed with wealth

Oluwajomiloju

• Meaning: God is awesome

Oluwanifemi

• Meaning: God loves me

Oluwadusin

• Meaning: God is worthy of our adoration

Oluwabamigbe

• Meaning: God is living with me

Olamilekan

• Meaning: My wealth is greater

Olamide

• Meaning: My wealth has arrived

Olademeji

• Meaning: wealth has doubled

Odunayo

• Meaning: Year of happiness

Oloruyomi

• Meaning: God saved me

Otedola

• Meaning: Fortune/Riches

Oyebamiji

• Meaning: The prince has been crowned

Ropo

• Meaning: He has come to save

Seye

• Meaning: Honor

Sijuwade

• Meaning: Man destined for greatness

Toluwanimi

• Meaning: I belong to God

Toluwalope

• Meaning: To God be the glory

Tayo

• Meaning: Boy full of happiness

Teniayo

• Meaning: The foundation of Joy

Toluwalogo

• Meaning: The glory belongs to  God

Timilehin

• Meaning: God is with you

Tolulola

• Meaning: Riches belong to God

Yele

• Meaning: One who befits the family

Yimika

• Meaning: Surround me

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With some of the best musical artists in Africa, the country’s musician have been able to put in lyrics that will keep the ever bubbling nation highly motivated while being entertained. Here are some of the songs to listen from the West African nation if you are low in spirits or need some motivation.

Some of The Best Nigerian Motivational Songs Out There

1. We Plenti

Artist(s): Cobhams Asuquo ft Simi

Songwriter: Cobhams, Studio Brat pioneer, Simi

Year of release: 2019′

If you see person wey make own rejoice with them
If you they ask you whats you own take no offense

See this life na turn by turn o
Your time dey come
Because no be only you kill Jesus
We plenti for there

2. The Warrior

Artist(s): MI Abaga

Featured artist: Kauna

Songwriter: MI Abaga

Year of release: 2020

I don’t know your story or how you made it here

I know on the way to the top hurdles they do appear
There’s no way to cheat on the process
Brother handle your affairs

3. Epic

Artist(s): MI Abaga

Featured Artist: Praiz

Songwriter: MI Abaga

Year of release: 2011

4. Bring it on

Artist(s): P-Square

Featured artist: Dave Scott

Songwriter: P-Square

Year of release: 2014

I don’t care who you are

Where you from or what you do

Just as long as you chasing money

Do what’s right never give up on it

Bring it on bring it on

Are you ready unu ready

No matter how you try don’t ever fall

Keep your head up high and standing tall

Bring it on bring it on

5. Dance In The Rain

Artist(s): 2face(2baba)

Songwriter: 2Baba

Year of release: 2012

Take a deep breath and then come alive
There might be so many things you’re missing out of
Try to know it, try to feel it yeah
It’s your life yeah, try to live it yeah

Forget about tomorrow, live in today
Tomorrow will be fine so don’t let your worries
Take away the beauty of today
Just bask in the sun and dance in the rain

6. Adara

Artist(s): Sasha P

Songwriter: Sasha P

Year of release: 2007

Keep  your head up don’t cry(Cry)

You can make it if you try

Sa ra giri omo ekun

Adara adara

See Also: 30 Best African Praise Songs By Great Artists

7. Faze Alone

Artist(s): Faze

Songwriter: Faze

Year of release: 2007

Say, I
No go fit to stand alone
Na lie
Say, I no go make am on my own
Na lie o
Iro ma ni won pa
Said I can’t make it all alone
Oh no, na lie them dey lie o
Said, I can’t do it all alone
Iro ma ni won pa
If you believe, you will achieve it

8. Everything (Amen)

Artist(s): Timi Dakolo

Songwriter: Timi Dakolo

Year of release: 2021

Everything you put your hand (Go work)

Your name go open doors(Amen)

You sef go be a boss(Amen,amen, amen)

Everything you put your hand (Go work)

Your name go open doors(amen)

You sef go be a boss(Amen, amen, amen)

9. Oluwa Lo Ni

Artist(s): Wizkid( Bigwiz)

Songwriter: Wizkid

Year of release: 2011

My brother stop crying
Just count your blessings and name them one by one
My sister stop wailing
Say look your neighbor you, you go no say God do am
For you for me, all I wan see
Put your hands in the air and thank Jah for all He’s done

10. No Shaking 

Artist(s): 2Baba (2face)

Songwriter: 2Baba

Year of release: 2011

No slacking, no hocking, keep walking no stopping, no paying keep moving, No shading,

For wat believe is stand up, if it seems dat you sleep and raise up, you  gat to fight for yourself b4 you find yourself wit your hands up, you gat to be strong, you gat to hold on, you gat to keep keeping on, you gat to realize say it is all man for himself, dats Y I say.

11. Green Land

Artist(s): TY Bello

Songwriter: TY Bello

Year of release: 2007

I thought it was over
Thought you were done with me
But we’re just beginning, whoa, my life is a journey
I will walk with you
I will go where you want me to, yes I will go

12. Uyo Meyo

Artist(s): Teni

Songwriter: Teniola Apata

Year of release: 2018

Everybody’s born a winner eyeh eyeeh
If only you just believe yeh eh eyeh
Close your eyes and come and see nah eyeh eyeh yea
Don’t you worry ’bout a thing nah
‘Cos if you work hard
You can get it if you want
If you strive hard you can be just what you want
If you work hard you can climb the mountain top
‘Cos nothing is too small
And nothing is too big

13. Unstoppable

Artist(s): Cobhams Asuquo

Songwriter: Cobhams Asuquo

Year of release: 2018

I’ve been down the road where failure seemed familiar
No one thought that I would ever come this far
When everything was telling me that it was over
Still there was a fire burning in my heart
There were days I felt like I was at my lowest
I pushed so hard I couldn’t see beyond the pain
I never knew I made it high enough to know this
I’m getting closer stronger than I’ve ever been

14. Rise Up

Artist(s): 2Baba Ft Falz

Songwriter: 2Baba

Year of release: 2021

As gbege dey happen around the world
And the news wey full for air
Dey make liver dey fail you
Dey make spirit dey dabble
But my guy na your eyes you go sharpen (honorable, honorable)
You need to take care of yourself
‘Cause the curve go flatten
Better go dey start to dey happen

15. The Future

Artist(s): TY Bello

Songwriter: TY Bello

Year of release: 2011

We are the future, we are the dream

We are the nation we are part of this

Yes we are so amazing, yes that’s the list we can be

16. God Can Bless Anybody

Artist(s): Mr 2kay

Featured artist: Idahams

Songwriter: Mr 2kay

Year of release: 2018

My brother God can bless anybody

Make you no looku down on anybody
As you see me so no be by  power o

No be by sense o  nobody special pass

17. One Day

Artist(s): Ice Prince

Songwriter: Ice Prince

Year of release: 2015

one day food must come
all my niggas in the street wey dey hussle i dey pray say
one day boys must chop
all dem bad belle people wey dey yimu i say
one day yawa must gas
and if you know me then you know that i’m a real G hustler
one day rain must drop
hussler cos you know rain must drop

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Their legacies live on in the many kingdoms and empires that shaped the African continent, from the pyramids of ancient Egypt to the modern cities of Morocco, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. Today, some African countries still have monarchies, although their power is often more symbolic than actual. 

Let’s Get To Meet The Most Famous Kings of Africa

Amenhotep III

Kingdom: Dynasty of Egypt

Regin: 1391 to 1353 BC or  1388 BC to 351 BC

Position: 9th Pharaoh

Successor: Akhenaten

Shaka Zulu

Kingdom: Zulu kingdom

Regin: 1816 to 1828

Position: 1st Emperor

Successor: Dingane

Dingane

Kingdom: Zulu kingdom

Regin: 1828- 1840

Position: 2nd Emperor

Successor: Mpande

Mpande

Kingdom: Zulu kingdom

Regin: 1840- 1872

Position: 3rd Emperor

Successor: Cetshwayo kaMpande

Cetshwayo kaMpande

Kingdom: Zulu kingdom

Regin: 1872- 1879 and 1883-1884

Position: 4th Emperor

Successor: Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo

Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo

Kingdom: Zulu kingdom

Regin: 1884- 1913

Position: 5th Emperor

Successor: Solomon kaDinuzulu

Solomon kaDinuzulu

Kingdom: Zulu kingdom

Regin: 1913- 1933

Position: 6th Emperor

Successor: Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon

Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon

Kingdom: Zulu kingdom

Regin: 1948- 1968

Position: 7th Emperor

Successor: Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

Kingdom: Zulu kingdom

Regin: 1968- 2021

Position: 8th Emperor

Successor: Misuzulu Zulu kaZwelithini

Oba Oduduwa

Kingdom: Oyo Empire

Regin: 700A.D

Successor: Omoluabi Odede(Ọranyan)

Oranyan

Kingdom: Oyo Empire

Regin: 1300

Successor: Ajaka

Ewuare 

Kingdom: Benin Empire

Regin: 1440 to 1473

Successor: Ezoti

King Endubis

Kingdom: Axum Kingdom in East Africa

Regin: 270–300 CE

Successor: None

Taharqa

Kingdom: Kingdom of kush

Regin: 690 to 664 BC

Successor: Tantamani

Ezana

Kingdom: Axum Kingdom

Regin: 320s – c. 360 AD

Successor: MHDYS

Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu I

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1701–c.1717

Position: 1st King

Successor: Opoku Ware Katakyie

Otumfuo Opoku Ware Katakyie

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1720–1750

Position: 2nd King

Successor:  Kusi Oboadum

Otumfuo Nana Kusi Oboadum

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1750–1764

Position: 3rd King

Successor: Osei Kwadwo Okoawia

Otumfuo Nana Osei Kwadwo Okoawia

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1764–1777

Position: 4th King

Successor: Osei Kwame Panyin

Osei Kwame Panyin

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1777–1803

Position: 5th King

Successor: Nana Opoku Fofie

Otumfuo Opoku Fofie

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1803–1804

Position: 6th King

Successor: Osei Tutu Kwame Asiba

Osei Tutu Kwame Asiba

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1804–1824

Position: 7th King

Successor: Osei Yaw Akoto

Otumfuo Nana Osei Yaw Akoto

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1824 -1834

Position: 8th King

Successor: Kwaku Dua I

Nana Kwaku Dua I

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin:  1834 – 1867

Position: 9th King

Successor: Nana Kofi Karikari

Otumfuo Nana Kofi Karikari

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1867 – 1874

Position: 10th King

Successor: Nana Mensa Bonsu

Otumfuo Nana Mensa Bonsu

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1874–8 March 1883

Position: 11th King

Successor: Nana Kwaku Dua II

Otumfuo Nana Kwaku Dua II

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1884 –  1884

Position: 12th King

Successor: Nana Prempeh I

Otumfuo Nana Prempeh I

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1888 –  1931

Position: 13th King

Successor: Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II

Otumfuo Osei Tutu Agyeman Prempeh II

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1931 – 1970

Position: 14th King

Successor: Nana Opoku Ware II

Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 1970 – 26 February 1999

Position: 15th King

Successor: Nana Osei Tutu II

Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II

Kingdom: Ashanti Empire

Regin: 26 April 1999–present

Position: 16th King

Gangnihessou

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: unknown – 1620

Position: 1st king

Successor: Dakodonou

Dakodonou

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: 1620-1645

Position: 2nd king

Successor: Houegbadja

Houegbadja

Kingdom: Dahomey Kingdom Modern-day Benin Kingdom

Regin: 1645-1685

Position: 3rd king

Successor: Akaba

Famous for:

Akaba

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: 1685-1708

Position: 4th king

Successor: Agadja

Agadja

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: 1708-1732

Position: 5th king

Successor: Tegbessou

Tegbessou

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: 1732-1774

Position: 6th king

Successor: Kpengla

Kpengla

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: 1774-1789

Position: 7th king

Successor: Agonglo

Famous for:

Agonglo

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: 1789-1797

Position: 8th king

Successor: Adandozan

Adandozan

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: 1797-1818

Position: 9th king

Successor:  Ghezo (Gakpe)

Ghezo (Gakpe)

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: 1818-1856

Position: 10th King

Successor: Glele

Glele

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: 1856-1889

Position: 11th King

Successor: Behanzin

Behanzin

Kingdom: Dahomey kingdom

Regin: 1818-1856

Position: 12th King

Successor: Agoli-agbo

Agoli-agbo

Kingdom: Dahomey Kingdom

Regin: 1894 – 1900

Position: 13th King

Dunama II Dabbalemi 

Kingdom: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Regin: 1210 – 1224

Position: 15th king

Successor: Kade

Kade

Kingdom: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Regin: 1224- 1242

Position: 16th king

Successor: Kachim Biri

Kachim Biri

Kingdom: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Regin: 1242 – 1262

Position: 17th king

Successor: Djil

Dari

Kingdom: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Regin: 1262 – 1281

Position: 18th king

Successor: Ibrahim I Nikale

Ibrahim I Nikale

Kingdom: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Regin: 1281 – 1301

Position: 19th king

Successor: Abdullah I

Abdullah I

Kingdom: Kanem-Bornu Empire

Regin: 1301 – 1320

Position: 20th king

Successor: Selma

Yekuno Amlak

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1270-1285

Successor: Yagbe’u Seyon

Yagbe’u Seyon

Kingdom:  Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1285 – 1294

Successor: Senfa Ared IV

Senfa Ared IV

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1294 – 1295

Successor: Hezba Asgad

Hezba Asgad

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1295-1296

Successor: Qedma Asgad

Qedma Asgad

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1296-1297

Successor: Jan Asgad

Jan Asgad

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1297-1298

Successor: Saba Asgad

Saba Asgad

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1298-1299

Successor: Wedem Arad

Wedem Arad

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1299-1314

Successor: Amda Seyon I

Amda Seyon I

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1314-1344

Successor: Newaya Krestos

Newaya Krestos

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1344-1372

Successor: Newaya Maryam

Newaya Maryam

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1372- 1382

Successor: Dawit I

Dawit I

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1382- 1413

Successor: Tewodros I

Tewodros I

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1413-1414

Successor: Yeshaq I

Yeshaq I

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin: 1414- 1429

Successor: Andreyas

Menelik II

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin:1889 to 1913

Successor: Lij Iyasu

Lij Iyasu

Kingdom: Ethopia empire

Regin:1913- 1916

Successor: Zewditu

Zewditu

Kingdom: Ethiopia empire

Regin:1866 to 1889(Shewa kingdom) and 1889 to 1913

Successor: Empress Zewditu I

Haile Selassie

Kingdom:  Ethiopia empire

Regin:  1930-1974

Successor: Amha Selassie

Piye

Kingdom: Kingdom of Kush

Regin: 744-714 BC

Position: 1st Kushite pharaoh

Successor: Shebitku

Shebitku

Kingdom: Kingdom of Kush

Regin: 714-705 BCE

Position: 2nd Kushite pharaoh

Successor: Shabaka

Shabaka

Kingdom: Kingdom of Kush

Regin: 705–690 BCE

Position: 3rd Kushite pharaoh

Successor: Taharqa

Taharqa

Kingdom: Kingdom of Kush

Regin: 690–664 BCE

Position: 4th Kushite pharaoh

Successor: Tantamani

Tantamani

Kingdom: Kingdom of Kush

Regin: 664–653 BCE

Position: 5th Kushite pharaoh

Successor: Atlanersa

Sundiata Keita 

Kingdom: Mali Kingdom

Regin:1235-1255 CE

Position: 1st emperor

Successor: Uli I

Mansa Uli I

Kingdom: Mali Kingdom

Regin: 1255-1270

Position: 2nd Emperor

Successor: Brother Wati

Mansa Musa

Kingdom: Mali Kingdom

Regin: A.D 1306 and 1332 A.D

Position: 10th emperor

Successor: Maghan I

Maghan I

Kingdom: Mali Kingdom

Regin: 1337-1341

Position: 11th Emperor

Successor: Suleyman

Ahmose I

Kingdom:  18th Dynasty of Egypt

Regin:c. 1539–14 bce

Position: 1st Emperor

Successor: Amenhotep I

Amenhotep I

Kingdom:  18th Dynasty of Egypt

Regin:1526 to 1506 BC

Position: 2ndEmperor

Successor: Thutmose 

See Also: 10 Richest African Kings Today Vs Mansa Musa

Thutmose I

Kingdom:  18th Dynasty of Egypt

Regin:1506–1493 BC

Position: 3rd Emperor

Successor: Thutmose II

Thutmose II

Kingdom:  18th Dynasty of Egypt

Regin:1493 to 1479 BC

Position: 4th Emperor

Successor: Hatshepsut

Amenhotep II 

Kingdom:  18th Dynasty of Egypt

Regin:1427 to 1401 BC.

Position: 7th Emperor

Successor: Thutmose IV

Thutmose IV

Kingdom: 18th Dynasty of Egypt

Regin: 14th century BC

Position: 8th Emperor

Successor: Amenhotep III

Thutmose IV

Kingdom: 18th Dynasty of Egypt

Regin: 14th century BC

Position: 8th Emperor

Successor: Amenhotep III

Amenhotep III

Kingdom: 18th Dynasty of Egypt

Regin: 1386 to 1349 BC

Position: 9th Emperor

Successor: Akhenaten

Akhenaten

Kingdom: 18th Dynasty of Egypt

Regin: 1351–1334 BC

Position: 10th Emperor

Successor: Smenkhkare

Opoku Ware II

Kingdom: Ashanti Kingdom

Regin:  1970-1999

Position: 15th king

Successor: Nana Osei Tutu II

Mansa Wati

Kingdom: Mali Empire

Regin: 1270-1274

Position:  3rd emperor

Successor: Kahlifa

Mansa Kahlifa

Kingdom: Mali Empire

Regin: 1274-1275

Position:  4th emperor

Successor: Abu Bakr

Sunni Ali Ber

Kingdom: Songhai Empire

Regin: 1464 to 1492(28years)

Position: 1st emperor

Successor: Sunni Baru

Sonni Bāru

Kingdom: Songhai Empire

Regin:1492 to 1493

Successor: Askia Muhammad I

Askia Muhammad I

Kingdom:  Songhai Empire

Regin: 1493 to 1528

Successor: Askia Monzo Mūsā

Askia Monzo Mūsā

Kingdom:  Songhai Empire

Regin: 1529–1531

Successor: Askia Mohammad Benkan

Askia Mohammad Benkan

Kingdom: Askia dynasty of the Songhai Empire

Regin: 1531–1537

Successor: Askia Muhammad I

Askia Isma’il

Kingdom:  Songhai Empire

Regin: 1538–1539

Successor: Askia Ishaq I

Askia Ishaq I

Kingdom:  Songhai Empire

Regin: 1539–1549

Successor: Askia Daoud

Askia Daoud

Kingdom:  Songhai Empire

Regin: 1549–1582

Successor: Askia Muhammad II (al-Hajj)

Askia Muhammad II (al-Hajj)

Kingdom:  Songhai Empire

Regin: 1582–1586

Successor: Muhammad Bani

Muhammad Bani

Kingdom:  Songhai Empire

Regin: 1586–1588

Successor: Askia Ishaq II

Askia Ishaq II

Kingdom:  Songhai Empire

Regin: 1588–1591

Successor: Muhammad Gao

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Today, at the heart of these traditions, some gods are still worshipped by some Africans. The African traditional religion is one of the major religions alongside Christianity and Islam on the continent.

Some of The Most Well-known African Gods and Goddesses 

Ogun

Authority: god of war and iron

Associated with: Iron

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Anzar

Authority: god of rain and water

Associated with: Rain

Worshippers: Berber people of Morocco

Takhar

Authority: Justice and vengeance

Associated with: Tree

Worshippers: Serer people of West Africa ( ethnic group found in Senegal, the Gambia, and Mauritania)

Tano

Authority: god of War and Strife (for Agni mythology), god of Thunder and Lightening (for Ashante mythology)

Associated with: River

Worshippers: Ashanti people of Ghana and Agni people of Lower Ivory Coast

Apedemak

Authority: War goddess

Associated with: Lion

Worshippers: Egyptian people

Oya

Authority: goddess of weather

Associated with: Wind, Thunderbolts, and Fire

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Olokun

Authority: god of great wealth

Associated with: Water

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Mukasa

Authority: god of prosperity, harvest, fertility, and health

Associated with: Island

Worshippers: Baganda people in present-day Uganda

Oko

Authority: god of Fertility, Agriculture, and Law

Associated with: Farm

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Shango

Authority: god of war and thunder

Associated with: Thunder and fire

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Aje

Authority: goddess of Trade and Economic prosperity

Associated with: Marketplace

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Amadioha

Authority: god of Justice

Associated with: Thunder

Worshippers: Igbo people of Nigeria

Obatala

Authority: god of Compassion

Associated with: honesty, purpose, purity, peace, the New Year, forgiveness, and resurrection

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Nana-buluku

Authority: Mother supreme creator

Associated with: Moon and Sun

Worshippers: Fon people of (Benin, Dahomey), Ewe people of (Togo)

Anyanwu

Authority: goddess of the sun

Associated with: Sun

Worshippers: Igbo people of Nigeria

Modjadji

Authority: goddess of rain

Associated with: Rain

Worshippers: People of the Limpopo Province of South Africa

Denka

Authority: god of fertility

Associated with: Rain

Worshippers: Dinka people of South Sudan

Asase Yaa

Authority: Earth goddess of fertility

Associated with: Earth

Worshippers: Ashanti people of Ghana

Yemaya

Authority: Childbirth goddess

Associated with: Ocean

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Obaluaye

Authority: god of healing

Associated with: Infectious diseases and healing

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Orunmila

Authority: god of Wisdom

Associated with: Humanity

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Nhialic

Authority: Supreme god

Associated with: Sky and Rain

Worshippers: Dinka people of South Sudan

Mebege

Authority: Creation god

Associated with:  Spider(Dibobia)

Worshippers: Fang people of the Central African Republic

Arebati

Authority: Supreme god

Associated with:  Moon

Worshippers: Efe people of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Roog

Authority: Supreme god

Associated with:  Pangool

Worshippers: Serere people of Senegal

Qamata

Authority: Creator god

Associated with:  Stones

Worshippers: Xhosa people of South-eastern African

Ngai

Authority: Creator god

Associated with:  Mount Kenya and Mugumo tree

Worshippers: Kamba and Kikuyu people of Kenya

Adroa

Authority: Creator god

Associated with:  Mankind and River

Worshippers: Lugbara people of the Central Sudanic ethnic group  in the West Nile region of Uganda

Anubis

Authority: god of the death

Associated with:  Underworld

Worshippers: Egyptian people

Njoku Ji

Authority: Guardian deity of the yam

Associated with: Farming season

Worshippers: Igbo people of Nigeria

Ikenga

Authority: god of human endeavor, achievement, success, and victory

Associated with: Right hand

Worshippers: Igbo people of Nigeria

Abena

Authority: goddess of the river

Associated with: Wealth symbols (such as Gold and Brass)

Worshippers: Effutu people from central Ghana

Kibuka

Authority: god of war

Associated with: Cloud

Worshippers: Buganda people of Uganda

Bumba

Authority: Creator god

Associated with: Vomit

Worshippers: Kuba people of Central Africa

Eshu

Authority: Trickster god

Associated with: Yam

Worshippers: Yoruba people  of Nigeria

Oba

Authority: River goddess

Associated with: River

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Oduduwa

Authority: Creator goddess

Associated with: Earth

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Ogo

Authority: god of Chaos

Associated with: Pale Fox

Worshippers: Dogon people of Mali

Babalu Aye

Authority: Healer god

Associated with: Dogs

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Aje Shaluga

Authority: god of Money and Treasures

Associated with: Flowers, Fresh fruit, pigeons, and Necklaces

Worshippers: Yoruba people of Nigeria

Njambe

Authority: Supreme creator god

Associated with: Sickness and death

Worshippers: Loki or Boloki people of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Mami Wata

Authority: goddess of water

Associated with: Water

Worshippers: West Africa, some parts of Central and Southern Africa

Kaang

Authority: Creator god

Associated with: Mantis and Caterpillar

Worshippers: Bushmen  people of southern Africa

Gu

Authority: god of Blacksmithing

Associated with: Metal

Worshippers: African

Maher

Authority: god of war

Associated with: Mars or Ares

Worshippers: Aksumites and the Himyarites people of Ethiopia

Modimo

Authority: god of all good things

Associated with: Earth

Worshippers: Botswanans

Age

Authority: god of the hunters, the wilderness, and animals

Associated with: Forest

Worshippers: Fon people of Dahomey

Avrikiti

Authority: god of Fishermen

Associated with: water

Worshippers: Fon people of Dahomey

See Also: 12 Famous African Gods and Goddesses With Unbelievable Capabilities

Mawu-Lisa

Authority: creator goddess

Associated with: Moon and Sun

Worshippers: Fon people of Dahomey

Amun

Authority: god of the air and sun

Associated with: Ram

Worshippers: Egyptians

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If you are considering naming your baby girl, here are some amazing IsiXhosa names that you would cherish.

Female Names From The Xhosa Tribe  

Aphiwe

Meaning: Gift or given

Anathi

Meaning: God is always with us

Athandwa

Meaning: Loved

Amila

Meaning: They are firm

Asemahle

Meaning: Beautiful

Amyoli

Meaning: The clan is happy

Alulutho

Meaning: Valuable

Avethandwa

Meaning: Valuable

Alunamida

Meaning: Unending love

Avuyile

Meaning: Delightful

Akhinzolo

Meaning: Build peace

Amathuba

Meaning: Opportunities

Afeziwe

Meaning: Dream come true

Bathandwa

Meaning: Beloved

Babalwa

Meaning: One who is graced or blessed

Buhle

Meaning: Beauty

Bongani

Meaning: Thankful

Buyiswa

Meaning: Brought back

Bulumko

Meaning: Wisdom

Cebisa

Meaning: one who can give advice

Chulumanco

Meaning: Joy

Chuma

Meaning: Flourish

Cebokazi

Meaning: Great plan

Dumo

Meaning: Praise

Esihle

Meaning: One who is beautiful

Elethu

Meaning: Our hope and pride

Endinako

Meaning: What I have

Enzokhule

Meaning: Do beautiful things

Emsulwa

Meaning: Innocent

Fundiswa

Meaning: Sensible and smart

Funeka

Meaning: One who is needed

Fansiwa

Meaning: One who looks like

Gcobisa

Meaning: One who is exciting

Hlonela

Meaning: Obey/Abide

Hlumisa

Meaning: Make it grow

Hlalumi

Meaning: Keep standing firm

Isipho

Meaning: Gift

Imange

Meaning: Stand by the Lord

Izibele

Meaning: Grace

Imihlali

Meaning: Rejoice

Inam

Meaning: The Lord is with us

Ivakele

Meaning: Prayers have been heard

Jongikhaya

Meaning: Take care of your home

Kamva

Meaning: Future

Khethiwe

Meaning: The chosen one

Khunjulwa

Meaning: The one who will be remembered

Khayone

Meaning: God didn’t make a sin by giving me her

Kuhle

Meaning: Wellness

Kholo

Meaning: Faith

Khwezl

Meaning: Morning star

Kungawo

Meaning: By the power of God

Khanyiswa

Meaning: Light

Lindelwa

Meaning: The one who was awaited

Lwando

Meaning: Someone who is mild and soft-spoken

Liqhamile

Meaning: Bright

Lunje

Meaning: (Love is) like this

Ligugu

Meaning: She is our pride

Lithalethu

Meaning: Our light

Lindiwe

Meaning: Waited for

Mafungwashe

Meaning: The first-born girl child

Mncedisi

Meaning: Helper

Mthobeli

Meaning: The obedient one

Mpumelelo

Meaning: Success

Melokuhle

Meaning: Stand for good things

Mawande

Meaning: May the house increase

Minqweno

Meaning: My desire

 Mxolisi

Meaning: Peaceful

Mandisa

Meaning: One who brings joy

Nandipha

Meaning: The one who has good taste

Nceba

Meaning: Mercy

Ndiliswa

Meaning: The respected one

Nobomi 

Meaning: Life

Nocawe

Meaning: Girl who was born on Sunday

Nomthandazo

Meaning: A prayer

Nomuula

Meaning: Rain

Nomlanga

Meaning: Sun

Notumato

Meaning: One who is beautiful at birth

Nofoto

Meaning: One who is like her grandmother

Nkosazana

Meaning: Princess

Nomble

Meaning: One who is graced with beauty

Ntsika

Meaning: Pillar of strength

Noxolo

Meaning: Peaceful

Nkazimulo

Meaning: Glory

Novuyo

Meaning: Ultimate Joy

Nombuyiselo

Meaning: She who gives back

Simthandile

Meaning: We have loved her

Siphosethu

Meaning: One who is your gift

Sumeya

Meaning: Never doubt God

Sandisiwe

Meaning: Added to the family

Thembeka 

Meaning: Trustworthy

Thandiwe

Meaning: One who is loved

Thozoma 

Meaning: Calmness

Themba

Meaning: One who is trusted and is full of faith and hope

Thando

Meaning: Love

Vuyokazi

Meaning: Happiness

Vuyisile

Meaning: One who brings Joy

Xabiso 

Meaning: Value

Zimkhitha

Meaning: One who has dignity

See Also: Types Of Marriages In South Africa: All The Recognized Unions

Zintle

Meaning: The beautiful  one

Zola

Meaning: Calm

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Some Funny And Deep African Proverbs

1. If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent the night with a mosquito.

2. As long as the bed shakes regularly, the home is at peace.

3. No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yams.

4. Do not follow a person who is running away.

5. He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.

6. A snake that you can see does not bite.

7. When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well. But few will be ready to go down after it.

8. The earth is a beehive, and we all enter by the same door.

9. By crawling, a baby learns to stand.

10. Good palm wine and a pretty wife are two sweet poisons to a man.

11. Even the best dancer on the stage must retire sometime.

12. Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.

13. The chicken that digs for food will not sleep hungry.

14. Rain can soak a leopard’s skin but it doesn’t wash out its spots

15. It takes a whole village to raise a child.

16. The wise chief does not eat from two sides

17. If you run after two hares you will catch neither.

18. A chattering bird builds no nest.

19. Only a fool tests the river’s depth with both feet.

20. Marriage is like a groundnut, you have to crack it to see what is inside.

21. No person is born great-great. People become great when others are sleeping.

22. A flea can trouble a lion more than a lion can trouble a flea.

23. He who is being carried does not realize how far the town is.

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24. Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

25. Crying a lot does not give you peace of mind.

26. He is a fool whose sheep runs away twice.

27. Wealth is like a hair in the nose: it hurts to be separated whether from a little or from a lot.

28. A boat cannot go forward if each rows his own way.

29. Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

30. Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

31. Knowledge is like a Garden: It cannot be harvested if it is not cultivated.

32. No water without waves.

33. Between true friends, even water drunk together is sweet enough.

34. All monkeys cannot hang on the same branch.

35. When God cooks, you don’t see smoke.

36. A tree does not move unless there is wind.

37. If you want to know the end, look at the beginning.

38 . Even the mightiest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.

39. Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.

40. It is not what you are called, but what you answer to.

41. It is not work that kills, but worry.

42. Without fools there will be no wisdom.

43. However much the buttocks are in a hurry, they will always remain behind.

44. Before you go out with a widow, you must first ask her what killed her husband.

45. A child can play with its mother’s breasts, not its father’s testicles.

46. There is no virgin in a maternity ward.

47. If a man wants to grow a long tooth, he should have the lip to cover it.

48. An agama lizard in the village will always remain an agama in town.

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49. It requires a lot of carefulness to kill the fly that perches on the scrotum.

50. No matter how far you urinate, the last drop always falls at your feet.

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Below are Some Popular male Hausa Names

Ali

• Meaning: Noble

Adamu

• Meaning: Adam (first male child)

Asif

• Meaning: Forgiving

Abubakar

• Meaning: Father of a young camel

Aminu

• Meaning: Reliable person

Ashir

• Meaning: Gratitude

Abdulsalam

• Meaning: Messenger of peace

Arzika

• Meaning: Male child born after the mother underwent severe labor pain

Aqil

• Meaning: Intelligent

Anaruwa

• Meaning: Water bearer

Abdul-Azeez

• Meaning: Servant of the mighty

Adare

• Meaning: Born at night

Abdul-kareem

• Meaning: Generous

Amir

• Meaning: A ruler

Bako 

• Meaning: Born after the arrival of a visitor

Bashir

• Meaning: One brings good news

Bawa

• Meaning: A child brought up by another woman

Balarabe

• Meaning: A Male child born Wednesday

Bara

• Meaning: A Male child born after his siblings are all Females

Babangida

• Meaning: Master of the house

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Danasabe 

• Meaning: Child born on Saturday

Danjuma 

• Meaning: Male child born on Friday

Dandawo

• Meaning: A male child born while his mother was pounding Millet

Dan-Azumi

• Meaning: Born during Ramadan

Dangali

• Meaning: Only son in the family

Dogo

• Meaning: Tall/Long

Danladi

• Meaning:  Male child Born on a Sunday

Danlami

• Meaning: Male child born on a Thursday

Faruq

• Meaning: One who differentiates the truth from the lie

Faisal

• Meaning: Decisive person

Fuad

• Meaning: My heart

Gado

• Meaning: Legacy

Gambo

• Meaning: Male child born after twins

Gowon

• Meaning: Rainmaker

Hafiz

• Meaning: Protector

Hana

• Meaning: A male child born while  his family is mourning the death of a family member

Hassan

• Meaning: First boy in the set of twins

Hussani

• Meaning: Second boy in the set of twins

Hadi

• Meaning: Calm person

Habib

• Meaning: Beloved

Haruna

• Meaning: Aaron

Hamzah

• Meaning: Loin

Hameed

• Meaning: Praise

Imam

• Meaning: Leader

Idris

• Meaning: Smart

Ibrahim

• Meaning: Father of all who is in the faith (Christian)

Ismaila

• Meaning: Isreal

Jamal

• Meaning: Grace and Beauty

Jika

• Meaning: Grandson to  someone

Jibril

• Meaning: Archangel

Jalil

• Meaning: Exalted one

Jatau

• Meaning: Light

Jariri

• Meaning: One who was extremely thin at birth

Jigo

• Meaning: Leader (given to an only male child in a family who has only sisters)

Kabiru

• Meaning: Large or grand

Korau

• Meaning: One born when his mother was divorced

 Kadaɗe

• Meaning: A child born after his parents waited for a long time before having him

Khalifa

• Meaning: Successor

Maifari

• Meaning: Born during drought season

Maikudi

• Meaning: A wealthy person

Musa

• Meaning: Moses

Mahmud

• Meaning: Praise

Mailahiya

• Meaning: A calm person in a community

Magaji

• Meaning: Heir

Masoyi

• Meaning: Sweetheart

Mubarak

• Meaning: Blessing

Makao

• Meaning: A male child born  during heavy rainfall

Mansurah

• Meaning: Supporter

Mustapha

• Meaning: Chosen one

Maigari

• Meaning: Town owner

Madugu

• Meaning: A male child born in the process of traveling

Nahantsi

• Meaning: Born at dawn

Nagoma

• Meaning: The tenth male child born in the family

Nagona

• Meaning: One born at the farm

Nuhu

• Meaning: Noah (Comfort)

Nomau

• Meaning: Born during the farming season

Rashidi

• Meaning: A  rightly guided person with true faith

Razaq

• Meaning: Sustainer

Rabo

• Meaning: Sharing, portion

Sa’ad

• Meaning: Good fortune (Muslim)

Sadiq

• Meaning: Sincere (Muslim)

Suleiman

• Meaning: Man of peace

Shibkau

• Meaning:  A male child born during the sowing season

Sarki

• Meaning: King

Sabo

• Meaning: New

Sani

• Meaning: Knowledge

Shekarau

• Meaning: A child who spent a year in his mother’s womb before being born

Shakau

• Meaning: Specialist

Tanko

• Meaning: A male child born after three or four girls

Tariq

• Meaning: Morning star

Tanimu

• Meaning: Male child born on Monday

Taimako

• Meaning:  Help

Tunau

• Meaning: Remembering birth (after his mother waited for a long time before she conceived him)

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Usman

• Meaning: Companion

Umar

• Meaning: Flourishing

Yarima

• Meaning: Prince

Yohance

• Meaning: Yahweh is gracious

Yakubu

• Meaning: Jacob

Yusuf

• Meaning: Joseph

Yohanna

• Meaning: John

Zubairu

• Meaning: Patient

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