Place Names In Africa

Author : Liora Bigon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319324853
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Place Names in Africa written by Liora Bigon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Peter E Raper
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1868425509
Total Pages : 1276 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Southern African Place Names written by Peter E Raper and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 1276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of Southern African Place Names - now in its 4th edition - helps you sort your Komkhulu from your Kommetjie with the most comprehensive glossary of Southern African towns, villages, railway stations, mountains, rivers and beaches. The 9 000 short entries incorporate data from sources dating as far back as 1486, encapsulating the linguistic and cultural heritage of all the peoples of the subcontinent, past and present. In this highly readable book the expert authors take you on a fascinating journey of the highways and byways of Southern Africa. Whether you are a motorist, an adventurer or merely an armchair traveller, this book has a multitude of facts and details that will fascinate you. This is much more than a reference book - it gives an insight into what shapes a place and its people through our heroes, events, beliefs, values, fears and aspirations.

Author : P. E. Raper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Southern African Place Names written by P. E. Raper and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geographic dictionary of the place names of South Africa. Includes historical origins of names and pronunciation guides.

Author : P. E. Raper
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Dictionary of South African Place Names written by P. E. Raper and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Pettman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book South African Place Names written by Charles Pettman and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Placenames written by Adrian Room and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of the over 2,000 entries gives the country and, in most cases, geographical location within the country. An account of the name's origin and meaning follows, with appropriate historical, topographical and biological references. Cross references provide both former names and alternate spellings or forms of current names.

Author : Adrian Room
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Placenames written by Adrian Room and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of the over 2,000 entries gives the country and, in most cases, geographical location within the country. An account of the name's origin and meaning follows, with appropriate historical, topographical and biological references. Cross references provide both former names and alternate spellings or forms of current names.

Author : Liora Bigon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000432416
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Street-Naming Cultures in Africa and Israel written by Liora Bigon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is focused on the street-naming politics, policies and practices that have been shaping and reshaping the semantic, textual and visual environments of urban Africa and Israel. Its chapters expand on prominent issues, such as the importance of extra-formal processes, naming reception and unofficial toponymies, naming decolonisation, place attachment, place-making and the materiality of street signage. By this, the book directly contributes to the mainstreaming of Africa’s toponymic cultures in recent critical place-names studies. Unconventionally and experimentally, comparative glimpses are made throughout between toponymic experiences of African and Israeli cities, exploring pioneering issues in the overwhelmingly Eurocentric research tradition. The latter tends to be concentrated on Europe and North America, to focus on nationalistic ideologies and regime change and to over-rely on top-down ‘mere’ mapping and street indexing. This volume is also unique in incorporating a rich and stimulating variety of visual evidence from a wide range of African and Israeli cities. The materiality of street signage signifies the profound and powerful connections between structured politics, current mundane practices, historical traditions and subaltern cultures. Street-Naming Cultures in Africa and Israel is an important contribution to urban studies, toponymic research and African studies for scholars and students. Chapters 1 and 2 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003173762

Author : Elwyn Jenkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing Place Names written by Elwyn Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert L. Ramsay
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826205865
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names written by Robert L. Ramsay and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bulletin is one in a series published by the College of Arts and Science in which pertinent and interesting information that has been collected and analyzed in the research activities of regular departments of the College is made available to the public. The study of Missouri place names has been a project of Professor Robert L. Ramsay of the Department of English for a number of years. He has directed a series of eighteen masters theses in the field, and as a result of the research conducted by his students and through his own activities, a master file of Missouri place names has been prepared. This bulletin is only a sample of the information that has been collected and classified. The College of Arts and Science is making it available to the citizens of the State at a nominal price so that the public can have some knowledge and appreciation of this interesting and worthwhile study. The bulletin records a very significant part of our history and culture.