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In a lot of cases they did, sort of. But they didn't take from distinctly African names so much as they took from broadly Arabic names. So Rashid, Jamal, Kareem
by uncletaco 11y ago
In a lot of cases they did, sort of. But they didn't take from distinctly African names so much as they took from broadly Arabic names. So Rashid, Jamal, Kareem, Omar etc. were pretty popular for a good while.
- mc32 11y agoYes that's true, but I think that was mostly from a minority who were Muslim. Catholics not, but Baptists yes, I guess.