Izithakazelo, iziduko & clan praises of Africa.
You are one of us.
Find the izithakazelo of your surname: the clan names and praises your elders recited. Written by Africans, for Africans, everywhere in the world.
Is your surname one of them?
Every surname here was written down by someone who knew it. If yours is missing, that is the only reason.
Keeping Africa's roots
alive — everywhere.
Africa's oral traditions — the clan praises, the totem names, the genealogies passed from grandparent to grandchild — have always been the continent's living archive. Wakahina gives them a permanent, searchable, shareable home.
"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."
— Marcus Garvey · The guiding principle of WakahinaSurname Library
4,990+ African surnames with clan breakdowns, origins, and cultural context.
Clan Praises
Every clan's izithakazelo, preserved in the words of the people, not the textbooks.
Family Trees
Built for African families — lobola, kingship, multiple houses, adopted children.
Diaspora First
Your heritage travels with you. Wakahina works everywhere in the world.