Can We Just Talk About Uhura’s Name For A Second?
Uhura’s surname comes from the Swahili word “uhuru”, meaning “freedom”, and "Nyota” means “star”, so the intention was for her name to translate to “Star Freedom”, but did anyone ever bother to translate her name literally?
Better yet, imagine if they had called her "Nyota Safari" so that the translation could have been "Star Trek".













