Communication and language (and not just human verbal language) is so important in the Congo that things don't get life until they get names. But Christianity seems to have a similar belief—like the story of Adam in Genesis, where Adam gets to name all of God's creatures.

This is Adah's observation after the hunt, and this is probably why she had a so-what attitude about the lion. If humans will kill and eat animals without a second thought, why shouldn't animals be allowed a fair crack at humans?