Comments and insights on the name Shona: | Edit. Its a name, also the name of an African Language. Shona is the anglicized spelling of the name Seonaid which is the Scottish Gaelic form of Janet. The spellings Seona, Sheona, Seonag are also found in Scotland.
Nigerian president Umaru Yar'Adua dies after months of illness. Nigeria's president Umaru Yar'Adua has died after more than five months of battling with a heart condition. Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, who will be sworn in as the new president of the most populous African nation, declared seven days of mourning.
On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The opposite was the result, for with Lincoln's death, the possibility of peace with magnanimity died. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from âThe Presidents of the United States of America,â by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association.