My name is Alisha Mwanza. Alisha means protected by Allah, it is a Muslim and Hindu name. My mom named me Alisha because I am her first and only child. Indeed, she had several miscarriages before I actually stuck on and decided I will live until her term.
In other words, I am a survivor.
I don’t have a lot of informations about my family name; Mwanza. I have knowledge that obviously it is African and it is the name of my grandfather.
I have never been ashamed of my name at any moment in my life I have always been very proud of it. However, it sometimes annoys me when the Westerners don’t know how to pronounce my family name.