The Origin - Damani, Damani Nkosi

was named,

Damani Nkosi,

Because I was tired of the conventional names

given black children.

No more European nonsense.

So I looked up,

in a friend of mines,

«African Naming Book»

Yoruba people

And I found one name that meant,

«Thoughtful»

because I wanted a son who was going to be thoughtful,

So I picked the name «Damani»

but not only did I want him to be thoughtful,

there was more

(laughter)

Naw,

He had to be a leader,

So I found the word «Nkosi»

which means ruler, chief,

So thoughtful ruler is what I named my son,

Damani Nkosi Washington, that’s my man