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Article
Abstract
Globalization has become an issue of international discourse from various perspectives. The westerners see globalization as the best thing that could ever happen to man, especially to Africans. They believe that globalization will improve Africa’s total way of life particularly in the area of poverty reduction. To Africans, the negative impact of globalization has aroused many researches by scholars such as (Enojo, 2008; Udoh, 2007; Akpotor 2005). United Nations 1999 as cited in Enojo, (47) opine that people’s lives around the globe are linked more deeply, more intensely, more immediate than ever before to acquiring the good and the bad things of life. The most badly hit area of human life affected by globalization is culture. Names are part and parcel of culture. Awka people used to pride themselves on the names they bear which often tell stories about them and reflect their thoughts. Unfortunately, globalization has destroyed all the indigenous names bore by the Awka people. Discussions revealed that all the indigenous names have ceased to exist. The people have embraced English names and non-indigenous names because they want to keep abreast with new developments thereby destroying their indigenous names.
Repository Citation
Udoye, Ifeoma E.. "Effects of Globalization on Awki Names: A Sociolinguist Overview." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 12, no. 4, 2012, pp. 1–8. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol12/iss4/9