Place names in Africa : colonial urban legacies, entangled histories / Liora Bigon, editor.

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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Other Authors: Bigon, Liora, 1974- (Editor)
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505 0 |a 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. 
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