Thandiwe Newton wants her name back.
The « Westworld » actress, who had been going by Thandie Newton, told British Vogue, « I’m taking back what’s mine. » Newton’s parents, a Zimbabewan princess and a lab technician from Cornwall, England, named her Thandiwe, which means beloved in Shona. However, as a Black girl in a Catholic school in Cornwall, her name was anglicized. « The W of her name drifted inward, out of sight and earshot, in a futile hope to make her feel less different, » British Vogue wrote.
