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Today in Machinima, we spent most of the time discussing the plot, and I spent most of the time looking for names. Of course, we had not yet decided on a place or location so looking for names went back and forth because the country kept on changing. But yep, I think everyone (including myself) liked the name Akiki (isn't the sound "kiki" adorable? ^-^) but the problem is that Uganda has 43 different languages! So, the only name in Ankole (also called Nkole) was Akiki, and as Sam pointed out - if we want it to seem authentic we should get both brother's names to be in the same language. So yes, I decided that I would put together all the male names that are used in the East African region of Uganda.



I found the names on http://www.namesite.com. But yeah, I don't think we can use Akiki, but the second name I gave Sam was Balondemu--which means "the chosen one" which made perfect sense for the little brother and that is in Musoga and the only other name in that language was Mulogo, which means "wizard". I guess we do not have to choose a name in Musoda...many of the names are in Ganda (Luganda) so we can pick from those names. But yep, I hope these names are helpful - and keep in mind that the names on the chart are all male names from Uganda.