I got that Nigerian email too!
Via Essence:
Rachel Dolezal’s new name was apparently given to her.
The controversial figure is in the middle of a whirlwind press tour to promote her new book “In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black And White World,” a memoir about her exploration with race.
In the book, she also discusses her decision to take on a new West African name, Nkechi Amare Diallo. Nkechi, short for Nkechinyere, comes from the Igbo word for “what God has given” or “gift of God” in Nigeria, the New York Daily News reports.