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in reply to a message by Fiona MacCool
Hey Fiona,
I've had no previous exposure to things Malawian, but just looking at a coupla articles on the Net, it looks like they tend to use English first names (Charles, Dan, Bob, etc.) and African last names (probably in the Chichewa language). So picking a first name like "Joseph" would work.
As for Africa in general, I'd be inclined to think that "Mohammed" in its various spellings was the most common first name.
I've had no previous exposure to things Malawian, but just looking at a coupla articles on the Net, it looks like they tend to use English first names (Charles, Dan, Bob, etc.) and African last names (probably in the Chichewa language). So picking a first name like "Joseph" would work.
As for Africa in general, I'd be inclined to think that "Mohammed" in its various spellings was the most common first name.
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