Place Names in Africa Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bigon, Liora (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; Urban geography.; Ecosystems.; Life Sciences.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Regional and Cultural Studies.

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...