Got into the Royal College of Art but have minimal funding. This blog is to document the hunt for money and whatever else is on my mind. truly a Nest if you know how i think

Friday, October 01, 2004

Why Porcupine ???

So people who know me have been wondering why Porcupine..and some know. It's becasue of my name. My middle name is Asante. I was born in Ghana and in Ghana Asante actually refers to a tribal group, the Ashanti's, which I actually am not(fante and akwapigm) reknown for their toughness and persistance. Well because of these traits their icon is a Porcupine. Because like the Porcupine's quills if you kill a thousand a thousand will come. Ask the colonial british they will tell you. So the porcupine in the akan language is Kotoko. And becasue of my middle name and my personal persistance i claim it. There's also a famous ghanaian football team(read soccer americans) that is called Asante_Kotoko which family use to refer to me sometimes. So that's why I am the porcupine.

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