Message: "The African name Rokia"

The African name Rokia

by Ylva

2/10/2006, 10:58 AM

There is a female singer, Rokia, from Mali in Africa. I don't know what language/s they spead in Mali. If I google, I find a lot about the singer but nothing about her name.

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

2/10/2006, 12:01 PM

Since Mali is a predominantly Muslim country, there is some chance that Rokia is a local variation of Ruqayya, a name used throughout the Arab world because it was the name of one of Muhammad's daughters, but that's just a guess and you'd need independent confirmation.

- Ylva

2/10/2006, 7:56 PM

Thank you, it sounds probable. Rokia looks much easier to spell than Ruqayya.

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

- Briallen (Ora) +2

2/10/2006, 11:01 AM

They speak French and Bambara in Mali.

"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"

"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble

- Ylva +1

2/10/2006, 7:55 PM

Thank you, I think the concert I saw was from Paris. Her father was a diplomat so they probably spoke French. But I don't think Rokia is a French name. And I don't know anything about Bambaran names.

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

- Briallen (Ora)

2/10/2006, 8:20 PM

I tried looking for a list of 'Bambaran' names but it just doesn't exist :

I think that unless somebody asked Rokia herself or somebody who is actually familiar with names from Mali... you won't have any luck.

Sorry!

"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"

"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble

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