Buy Naming Africans Book by Hewan Girma - Bookswagon
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Cultural and media studies > Cultural studies > Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names(Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora)
Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names(Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora)

Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names(Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora)


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



Out of Stock


Notify me when this book is in stock
X
About the Book

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.

Table of Contents:
1.Introduction: What is Not in A Name? On the Epistemic Value of African Personal Names and Naming Practices.- 2. Toward a Genealogy of Gender, Gendered Names, and Naming Practices by Oyeronke Oyewumi.- 3. Amharic Names and Ethiopian Naming Ceremonies.- 4. Engendering Personal Names in Basaa Culture: From the Origins to the Epic Tradition and Beyond.- 5. What’s in a Namesake: The Mbushe and Gender in Owambo Naming Practices in The Purple Violet of Oshaantu.- 6. Names are sighs of divinity from our forebears: Exploring names through the lens of Ntsiki Mazwai.- 7. Decolonial Epistemologies in Indigenous Names of the Bakiga of Southwest Uganda.- 8. Mother-Agency and the Currency of Names: Gender, Power and the Privilege of Naming among the Maragoli of Kenya.- 9. Akan “Day Names” as Archives of Indigenous Knowledge:  Some Preliminary Thoughts.- 10. Tell me your name and I will tell you who you are: the construction of names in Angola and the colonial influence.- 11. Naming Practices and Language Planning Zimbabwe.

About the Author :
Oyeronke Oyewumi is Professor of Sociology at Stony Brook University, New York and the winner of the African Studies Association’s 2021 Distinguished Africanist Award. A renowned gender scholar, Oyewumi is the author of several books, including the award-winning The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses, and What Gender is Motherhood: Changing Yoruba Ideals of Power, Procreation, and Identity in the Age of Modernity. She is the editor of a number of books, including African Women and Feminism: Reflecting on the Politics of Sisterhood, and Gender Epistemologies: Gendering Traditions, Spaces, Social Institutions, and Identities, and was the founding editor of the Palgrave book series Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora. Hewan Girma received her Ph.D. in Sociology and a Certificate in Women’s Studies from Stony Brook University, New York. She is currently Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the African American and African Diaspora Studies Program at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Ethiopian, East African and Indian Ocean Research Network. Her work has been published in Social Problems, Sociology Compass, the Journal of Black Studies, and the International Journal of Ethiopian Studies.


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783031134777
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Height: 210 mm
  • No of Pages: 220
  • Series Title: Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora
  • Width: 148 mm
  • ISBN-10: 303113477X
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jun 2024
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: On the Epistemic Value of Names


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names(Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora)
Springer International Publishing AG -
Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names(Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora)
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names(Gender and Cultural Studies in Africa and the Diaspora)

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    Fresh on the Shelf


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!