This I was given by my sister. My mother says my name is Sinobomi. When I was five I started to love my name and Ntando’s songs. My name means ‘Your will be done’. My other name is Sinobomi, that name was given to me by my mother. It means ‘We have life’. My mother was disappointed to find out that I don’t like the name she gave me.

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