The Postcolonial Condition of Names and Naming Practices in Southern Africa represents a milestone in southern African onomastic studies. The contributors here

Names are very powerful and significant, especially in the African context. Across societies, there is a universal, albeit taken-for-granted fact that all human

This book presents research on geographical naming on land and sea from a wide range of standpoints on: theory and concepts, case studies and education. Space a

This book fills a gap in the literature as it uniquely approaches onomastics from the perspective of both anthropology and linguistics. It addresses names and c

This book centres and explores postcolonial theory, which looks at issues of power, economics, politics, religion and culture and how these elements work in rel