Book Three
• What is the significance of the Kikongo word nommo and its attendant concepts of being and naming? How do the Price sisters’ Christian names and their acquired Kikongo names reflect personalities and behavior?

The word nommo means pretty much your name. In the Kikongo, they have named things because that is their name. A further explanation as explained in the book, is “you wouldn’t name a machete a human because if so it might raise up and start dancing around.”

Some of the people, for example Rachel, received their name because of their name’s role in the bible. Rachel was one of the first named from creation in the bible like how she is the oldest in the family and first named. Also in many parts of the Bible, Rachel was