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, particula
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Place Names in Africa
Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories
Place Names in Africa
Liora Bigon Editor
Place Names in Africa Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories
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Editor Liora Bigon The Institute of Western Cultures The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel Holon Institute of Technology Holon, Israel
ISBN 978-3-319-32484-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-32485-2
ISBN 978-3-319-32485-2 (eBook)
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Foreword
Over the past two decades, there have been numerous efforts to reorient the field of place-name studies toward a critical account of the social and political struggles over toponymic inscription by situating such practices within the broader politics of space and place. This edited collection provides a welcome addition to the emerging body of scholarship on critical toponymies while also drawing important linkages with urban planning history and postcolonial studies. As Liora Bigon rightly points out in the introductory chapter, critical toponymic scholarship has drawn considerable attention to the contested politics of place naming in Europe and North America, yet far less consideration has been given to other world regions such as Africa. This volume, therefore, fills a significant gap in the literature by bringing African toponymies to the foreground through a series of spatial histories that explore the cultural entanglements of indigenous, colonial, and postcolonial regimes of toponymic inscription. The book’s emphasis on the “colonial legacies” and “entangled histories” of place naming acknowledges the complexity of the toponymic tapestry in African cities. This is nicely illustrated by a combined focus on both the long-term historical struct
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