Description: Place Names in Africa : Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories, Hardcover by Bigon, Liora (EDT), ISBN 3319324845, ISBN-13 9783319324845, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This volume examines the discursive relations between indigenous, colonial and post-colonial legacies of place-naming in Africa in terms of the production of urban space and place. It is conducted by tracing and analysing place-naming processes, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa during colonial times (British, French, Belgian, Portuguese), with a considerable attention to both the pre-colonial and post-colonial situations.
By combining in-depth area studies research – some of the contributions are of ethnographic quality – with colonial history, planning history and geography, the authors intend to show that culture matters in research on place names.
This volume goes beyond the recent understanding obtained in critical studies of nomenclature, normally based on lists of official names, that place naming reflects the power of political regimes, nationalism, and ideology.
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Book Title: Place Names in Africa : Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histor
Number of Pages: Xvii, 229 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Place Names in Africa : Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: Life Sciences / Ecology, Earth Sciences / Geography, Africa / General, General, Linguistics / Etymology
Item Weight: 22.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Social Science
Author: Liora Bigon
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
