Naming Africans : On the Epistemic Value of Names Hardback
Edited by Oyeronke Oyewumi, Hewan Girma
Part of the Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora series
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Focusing on the epistemic value of African names, this edited collection is based on the premise that personal names constitute valuable sources of historical and ethnographic information and help to unveil endogenous forms of knowledge. The chapters assembled here document and analyze personal names and naming practices in a slew of African societies on the geographically vast and ethnically diverse continent, including contributions on the naming practices in Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Uganda.
The contributors to this anthology are scholars from different African language communities who investigate names and naming practices diachronically.
Taken together, their work offers a comparative focus that juxtaposes different African cultures and reveals the historical and epistemic significance of given names.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:220 pages, 2 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 220 p. 2 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:09/06/2023
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- ISBN:9783031134746
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:220 pages, 2 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 220 p. 2 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:09/06/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9783031134746
