CRITICAL TOPONYMY, place names in political, historical and commercial landscapes, proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Place Names

203pp., illus., maps, paperback, (Bloemfontein), 2019

A selection of papers from the symposium jointly organised by the Joint IGU/ICS Commission on Toponymy, the University of the Free State, and the University of Namibia, and held in Windhoek, Namibia, 18-20 September 2017.

Contributions include:

"Naming as a tool for cultural domination: a case of toponym use in south-eastern Zimbabwe" by Steyn Khesani Madlome

"Herero place names" by Lucie Möller

"The role of toponymy in identifying cultural heritage: a case study of place names in the Bushmanland, Northern Cape" by Jani de Lange

"Place names, place and place-related identities in the linguistic landscape of rural South Africa" by Chrismi-Rinda Loth

"Naming, space and power in NoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names (2013) and Lawrence Hoba's 'The First Trek - The pioneers' in The Trek and Other Stories (2009)" By Elda Hungwe.