Place Names in Africa Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories
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 tim...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Place Names in Africa: Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories
- 2. Sarah’s Globe and the (Un-)naming of Mobile Space
- 3. Bagamoyo: Inquiry into an East African Place Name
- 4. 'The Trees are Yours': Nature, Toponymy and Politics in the Interpretation of Cultural Landscapes in Lusaka and Zanzibar
- 5. Transnational Aspects in the History of Lagos: Place Names and Built Forms
- 6. From 'Avenue de France' to 'Boulevard Hassan II': Toponymic Inscription and the Construction of Nationhood in Fes, Morocco
- 7. The Colonial Toponymic Model in the Capital Cities of French West Africa
- 8. A Toponymy of Segregation: the ‘neutral zones’ of Dakar, Dar es Salaam and Kinshasa
- 9. Generic Terminology in Colonial Urban Contexts: Garden Cities between Dakar and Tel Aviv
- 10. Letters, Words, Worlds: the Naming of Soweto
- 11. South African Identity as Reflected by its Toponymic Tapestry
- 12. M(g)r. De Hemptin(n)e, I presume? Transforming Local Memory through Toponymy in Colonial/Post-Colonial Lubumbashi, DR Congo
- 13. Formal and Informal Toponymic Inscriptions in Maputo: towards Socio-Linguistics and Anthropology of Street Naming
- 14. Glocal Naming and Shaming: Toponymic (Inter-)national Relations on Lagos and New York Streets
- 15. Afterword