African ethnonyms and toponyms
Subtitle: report and papers of the meeting of experts organized by Unesco in Paris, 3-7 July, 1978.
Contributors: Unesco.
Series: The General history of Africa ;; 6; General history of Africa (Paris, France) ;; 6.
Publisher: Unesco
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Names, Ethnological -- Africa -- Congresses; Names, Geographical -- Africa -- Congresses; Africa -- Languages -- Etymology -- Names -- Congresses
Notes: Bibliography: p. [187]-196.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the discussion of ethnonyms and toponyms / Pathé Diagne; title: Toponymy and ethnonymy as scientific aids to history / Mohammed El Easi; title: Some toponyms and ethnonyms of Swaziland / R.T. Zwinoira; title: African ethnonymy and toponymy / Olabiyi Yai; title: Some problems of African onomastics / Pierre Alexandre; title: The standardization of the spelling of African names / Robert Cornevin; title: The transcription of ethnonyms and toponyms in Africa in relation to their historical study / David Dalby; title: A methodology for the study of migrations / Cheikh Anta Diop; title: Summary report of the meeting of experts; title: A list of African ethnonyms / Ivan Hrbek.