IGNORANCE & EGO IN MISUNDERSTANDING OF NAMES & TITLES IN AFRICA
IGNORANCE & EGO IN MISUNDERSTANDING OF NAMES & TITLES IN AFRICA I have listened to many people in Nigeria who when you ask them to tell you their name; you hear words like" My Name is Dr. XYZ, My name is Prof. XZY., My name is Chief XYZ. 1. In fact, I recall some years ago, someone was introduced, and the person got so angry that Otunba was omitted in his name. 2. Let me correct this wrong notion that Profession is not a name and title is not a name. 3. You hear people say I am surveyor XYZ...No...it is wrong. It should be for example my name is Gbenga Adeoye., I am a Land or Estate Surveyor & Valuer. ( The author is not a surveyor, please ) 4. This desire for title is a sign of emptiness, and it has entered the church too. 5. Some want to be addressed as Evangelist XYZ..even young boys singing here and there now add prefix of evangelist this and that ... 6. This is what inferiority complex and ego is doing to us in Africa. 7. In US, I recall, even we executive s...