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Mama and Maggie are presented with an additional shock when Dee announces she has changed her name to Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo. When questioned about the name change, Dee simply answers that ?Dee' is "'dead... I couldn't bear it any longer, being named after the people who oppress me'" (110)...
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When questioned about the name change, Dee simply answers that ?Dee' is "'dead... I couldn't bear it any longer, being named after the people who oppress me'" (110). Mama is quick to point out that Dee was not named after the white "oppressors", but she was named after individuals within their own family...
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