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 BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - Her first son was born 10 years ago on a Bujumbura street while fighting raged. She named him Nzikobanyanka, or "I know they hate us."
Two successive sons were also christened with names reflecting weariness with Burundi's long war: Tugiramahoro ("Let's have peace") and Nduwimana ("I'm in God's hands"). But when the fighting finally stopped and Daphrose Miburu's youngest son was born a year ago, the 35-year-old mother chose something a little more uplifting: Furaha — "Happiness."
The history of this battered nation can be told through names like these, given to reflect the world as parents see it at the time. Some hail historical moments or a child's most conspicuous trait. But they can also deliver terse commentaries in an unsafe world.
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