Academic Bibliography on African Place Naming
Overview
Unesco. 1984. Ethnonymes et toponymes africains, Paris : PUF, 209 p.
Ben Arrous, M. and L. Bigon 2022, “What Africa Might Contribute to Critical Toponymy”. in The Politics of Place Naming: Naming the World. F. Giraut and M. Houssay-Holzschuch (eds.). Hoboken, John Wiley & Sons: 217-260.
Ben Arrous, M., & Bigon, L. 2023. “Ce que l’Afrique pourrait apporter à la toponymie critique” In Politiques des noms de lieux: Dénommer le monde F. Giraut & M. Houssay-Holzschuch (eds.). Londres: ISTE, 219-262.
Bigon, L. 2016. Place Names in Africa. Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories. Cham: Springer, 229 p.
Bigon, L. & Ben Arrous M. 2021. Street-Naming Cultures in Africa and Israel: Power Strategies and Place-Making Practices, Routledge, 236 p.
Batoma, A. 2006. African ethnonyms and toponyms: An annotated bibliography. Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography, 10(1), 1.
Kirchherr, E. C. 1987. Place names of Africa, 1935-1986 : a political gazetteer. Metuchen & London: The Scarecrow Press.
Ndlovu, S. 2021. Naming and Othering in Africa: Imagining Supremacy and Inferiority through Language. London: Routledge, 216 p.
Bibliography on place naming and renaming in Africa
Etymological monographs on name signification, origin and alteration are excluded here, if not dedicated to the social and political process of naming. Ancient monographs and dictionaries and gazetteers are considered as primary sources.
Four key thematic issues are highlighted here and indicated for each reference (at the end in bracket)
- Theme 1 Cartography, geographical information
- Theme 2 Urban odonomy, neighborhoods names, addressing policy
- Theme 3 Postcolonial and transnational toponymy and the making of linguistic landscape
- Theme 4 Colonial and vernacular territorialities and toponymies, spatial appropriation, land claim
- 5 Primary sources (Gazetteers ; Dictionaries ; Monographs on the etymology and phonology of names…)
Countries and case studie’s places are indicated in bracket and written in the language used by the author
As of November 06, 2023, the distribution of 448 references by country is as follows :
al-Jazā’ir (Algérie) 22 ; al-Maġrib (Maroc) 10 ; Angola 7 ; Bénin 9 ; Botswana 2 ; Burkina Faso 11 ; Burundi 1 ; Cameroun (Cameroon) 19 ; Cape Verde 2 ; Centrafrique 1 ; Congo 3 ; Congo (République Démocratique de) 8 ; Côte-d’Ivoire 8 ; Djibouti 1 ; Egypt 8 ; Ertra (Iritriya – Eritrea) 3 ; España 1 ; Eswatini 1 ; Gabon 4 ; Gambia 1 ; Ghana 22 ; Guinea-Bissau 1 ; Guinea Ecuatorial 4 ; Guinée 3 ; Kenya 26 ; Lesotho 1 ; Lībiyā (Libya ; Libye) 3 ; Madagasikara (Madagascar) 4 ; Mali 6 ; Mauritius 1 ; Moçambique 3 ; Muritaniya (Mauritanie) 2 ; Namibia 11 ; Niger 11 ; Nigeria 30 ; Réunion (océan Indien ; France) 1 ; Rwanda 2 ; As-Ṣaḥrā’ al-Ġarbiyah (Sahara occidental) 3 ; São Tomé e Príncipe 1; Sénégal 13 ; Sesel (Seychelles) 1 ; Sierra Leone 1 ; Soomaaliya (Somalia) 3 ; South Africa 86 ; South Sudan 1 ; Sudan 7 ; Tanzania 11 ; Tchad 1; Togo 7 ; Tunus (Tunisie) 1 ; Uganda 1 ; YeItyopya (Ethiopia ; Ethiopie) 5 ; Zambia 7 ; Zimbabwe 55
Bibliometric ranking
- 86 : South Africa
- 55 : Zimbabwe
- 30 : Nigeria
- 26 : Kenya
- 22 : al-Jazā’ir (Algérie) ; Ghana
- 19: Cameroun (Cameroon)
- 13 : Sénégal
- 11 : al-Maġrib (Maroc); Burkina Faso ; Namibia ; Niger ; Tanzania
- 9 : Bénin
- 8 : Congo (République Démocratique de) ; Côte-d’Ivoire ; Egypt (umhuriyat)
- 7 : Angola ; Sudan ; Togo; Zambia
- 6 : Mali
- 4 : Gabon ; Guinea Ecuatorial ; Madagasikara (Madagascar); YeItyopya (Ethiopia ; Ethiopie)
- 3 : Congo ; Ertra (Iritriya – Eritrea) ; Guinée ; Lībiyā (Libya ; Libye) ; Moçambique ; Soomaaliya (Somalia)
- 2 : Botswana ; Cape Verde ; Muritaniya (Mauritanie) ; Rwanda ; As-Ṣaḥrā’ al-Ġarbiyah (Sahara occidental)
- 1 : Burundi ; Centrafrique ; Djibouti ; España ; Eswatini ; Gambia ; Guinea-Bissau ; Lesotho ; Madagasikara (Madagascar) ; Mauritius ; Réunion (océan Indien ; France) ; São Tomé e Príncipe ; Sesel (Seychelles) ; Sierra Leone ; South Sudan ; Tchad ; Tunus (Tunisie) ; Uganda
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Abdelwahab, M. A. (2019). “De-commemoration of an urban street in Egypt: the case of Gameat-Aldowel-Alarabyia street”. Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, 13(2), 459-474. (2) (Cairo, Egypt)
Abebrese, K. (2019). Implementing street addressing system in an evolving urban center. A case study of the Kumasi metropolitan area in Ghana, Master Thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. (2) (Ghana ; Kumasi)
Adebanwi, W. (2012). “Global Naming and shaming: Toponymic (inter) National relations on Lagos and New York streets”. African Affairs 111, 640-661. (3 ; 2) (Nigeria ; Lagos)
Adjeran, M., da Cruz, M., & Adjeran, M. (2019). “Onomastique dans la ville de Ouidah, témoin de la traite négrière du Danxomè au Bénin”. In S. Djengue & F. Agboton (Eds.), Les sciences du langage et de la communication : contribution au développement du patrimoine linguistique et culturel du Bénin (pp. ). Presses Universitaires d’Abomey-Calavi, 179-192. (4) (Ouidah ; Bénin)
Agbaglo, E., & Afful, J. B. A. (2023). “Sociolinguistics of Names of Hotels in Accra: A Linguistic Landscape Perspective”. Linguistics Initiative 3(1), 1-16. (3) (Accra ; Ghana)
Agbessime, E. K., & Komla, E. K. K. (2023). “Variante lexicale des unités « habitat », « route » et « carrefour » en éwégbè : une analyse morphosémantique”. Ziglôbitha(7), 157-172. (5) (pays Éwé ; Togo)
Ahmouda, A. & H. H. Hochmair (2017). “Using Volunteered Geographic Information to measure name changes of artificial geographical features as a result of political changes: a Libya case study”. GeoJournal, 1-19. (1) (Libya)
Aixelà-Cabré, Y., Ed. (2022). Spain’s African Colonial Legacies. Morocco and Equatorial Guinea Compared, Leiden: Brill. (3 ; 4) (Equatorial Guinea; Morocco; Bata; Al-Hoceima)
Akioud, H. (2018). “Toponymie marocaine et la langue amazighe : Enjeu et défis de normalisation”. Onomàstica, 4, 21-47. (Amazigh ; Maroc) (3 ; 4 ; 5)
Akoto, O. Y. (2021). “Geographical markers in church names: A synergy of corpus linguistics and linguistic landscape methodologies”. Onoma 51, 213-234. (3) (Ghana)
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Alasli, M. & G. Gercsák (2021). “Dual naming as a mechanism to recognize multiple identities; Casablanca or Ad-Dār al-Bayḍā ” Advances in Cartography and GIScience of the ICA 3(1): 5. (3) (Morocco ; Casablanca ; Ad-Dār al-Bayḍā)
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Alexandre, P. (1983). “Sur quelques problèmes pratiques d’onomastique africaine : toponymie, anthroponymie, ethnonymie.” Cahiers d’Études africaines 23(1-2): 175-188. (1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4) (Afrique)
Alphonce, C., & Sane, E. (2019). “Toponyms and Identity in Hanang’ District: Their Origin and Meaning”. Ethnologia Actualis 19(1), 106-116. (4) (Hanang District ; Tanzania)
Amenyedzi, D. (2015). The Onomastics of Principal Anlo-Town Names. Master of Philosophy, University of Education. (4; 5) (Ghana ; Anlo)
Amougou Mbarga, A. B. (2013) “À travers les dénominations des rues et des quartiers de la ville de Douala : La quotidienneté comme univers de sens”. Anthropologie et Sociétés 37(1), 195-212. (2) (Cameroun ; Douala)
Anabaraonye, K. (2023). “Names to facades”. Blog: Africa Is a Country. (2 ; 3 ; 4) (Lagos ; Nigeria)
Anignikin, S. C. (2001). “Histoire des populations mahi. Histoire des populations mahi. À propos de la controverse sur l’ethnonyme et le toponyme « Mahi »” Cahiers d’études africaines(162): 243-266. (4) (Bénin ; Mahi)
Anindo, C. (2016). A morphosemantic study of toponyms: Lulogooli place names. Ma, University of Nairobi. (5) (Kenya ; Lulogooli)
Ansah, P. B. and P. B. Mireku-Gyimah (2021). “A Morphosyntactic and Semantic Analysis of Placenames in Kwahu in the Eastern Region of Ghana.” European Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies 3(2): 37-59. (4) (Ghana ; Kwahu)
Arnaud, J.-L., & Fundone, M. (1991). “Toponymie et topographie dans le Caire du début du siècle”. Égypte/Monde arabe(5), 51-80. (1 ; 4 ; 5) ( Cairo ; Egypt)
Arnaud, J.-L. (1994). Toponymie du Caire. Centre d’études et de documentation économique, juridique et sociale. (5) ( Cairo ; Egypt)
Arthur. (2019). A toponomastic study of suburb names from some Agona towns in the Central region, Master Thesis University of Education. Winneba. (3 ; 4) (Agona ; Ghana)
Asamoah, L. and A. Akuamah (2021). “Asante Habitation Names: A Morphological Analysis.” International Journal of English Language & Translation Studies 9(3): 65-73. (4; 5) (Ghana ; Asante)
Atoui, B. (1998) Toponymie et espace en Algérie. Alger : Ed. Institut National de Cartographie, 1998. (2 ; 4) (Algeria)
Atoui, B. (2017) Le choix des noms de lieux en Afrique n’est pas anodin, Podcast Deutsche Welle. (3 ; 4) (Africa)
Awukuvi, E. M. (2019). “Onomastic peculiarities of selected Christian congregational place names in Ghana”, University of Education, Winneba, PhD dissertation (3 ; 4) (Ghana)
Azzedine, A. (2017) “Voyage dans la toponymie mascarienne : de la période turque à la période postcoloniale”. متون 9, 39-54.(Algérie ; Mascara)
Bala, M. I. (2015). The Cultural Landscape Values of a Nupe Community in Nigeria (Doctoral dissertation, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia). (4) (Nigeria)
Balduino, A. M., G. A. de Araujo and A. L. Agostinho (2021). “São Tomé and Príncipe’s toponymy”. Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, 43(2). (3) (São Tome and Príncipe)
Bass, O. & J. Houghton (2018) “Street Names and Statues: the Identity Politics of Naming and Public Art in Contemporary Durban”. Urban Forum 29, 413–427. (3) (South Africa ; Durban)
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Bassett, T. J. (2017). “Signs of the Times: Commercial Road Mapping and National Identity In South Africa” In J. R. Akerman (Ed.), Decolonizing the Map: Cartography from Colony to Nation (pp. 339–376 ). University of Chicago Press. (1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4) (South Africa)
Batoma, A. (2006). African ethnonyms and toponyms: An annotated bibliography. Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography 10(1), 1. (Africa)
Baumanova, M. and R. Tramutoli (2022). ““What’s in a name?” Swahili toponymy of past towns on the East African coast ” Kervan: International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies 26(1). (Swahili ; Eastern Africa Coast ; Kenya ; Tanzania) (4)
Beeckmans, L. (2016). “A Toponymy of Segregation: The ‘Neutral Zones’ of Dakar, Dar es Salaam and Kinshasa” in Place Names in Africa. L. Bigon (ed.). Cham, Springer: 105-121. (2) (Sénégal ; Tanzania ; DR Congo ; Dakar ; Dar es Salam ; Kinshasa)
Bekkouche, A. (2005). “Un quartier nommé Ville Nouvelle. Du village nègre colonial à la Medina J’dida des Oranais”. Les Annales de la Recherche Urbaine (98), 114-121. (2) (Oran ; Algérie)
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Ben Arrous, M. (2016). “Sarah’s Globe and the (Un-)naming of Mobile Space.” in Place Names in Africa. L. Bigon (ed.). Cham, Springer: 27-36. (1 ; 4) (Africa)
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Bigon, L. (2008). “Names, norms and forms: French and indigenous toponyms in early colonial Dakar, Senegal”. Planning Perspectives 23, 479 – 501. (2 ; 3) (Senegal ; Dakar)
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OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
neotopo (12 septembre 2018). Academic Bibliography on African Place Naming. NEOTOPONYMIE/NEOTOPONYMY. Consulté le 25 mai 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/rrot
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