User:Mwitondi

Mwitondi is a male name and, like most African names, it is area-specific. The name can be traced to the South-Eastern shores of Lake Victoria around the South Mara area lying approximately 2o latitutes south of the Equator and about 4o longitudes. The name, meaning a self-expressive person, derives from the Kijita verb "kwitonda" - literary providing a self narration. Strictly speaking, the nature of the narration must relate to a tribal, clan or family background of the narrator. Like in: ''I hail from the hills of the old Nyamuribwa village, my ancestors were lion hunters, the most famous of whom was Lugela (named in anticipation of a spear-carrying habit for lion hunting purposes). He was the father of Mwitondi.''Even by African standards of diversity and variety, the name Mwitondi remains relatively unique. Today, only a handful individuals can be asociated with thie name. Typical examples inlude Dr Kassim Said Mwitondi, a UK-based Tanzanian academic, researcher and consultant who has maintained strong links with his native Musoma - a town on the shores of Lake Vitoria where he was born and spent his early years as a school boy.