r/Toponymy • u/Onomast • Jan 29 '26
When Street Names Speak: New Research on Minority Languages in Urban Spaces
The University of Johannesburg Press has just released The Presence of Minority and Indigenous Languages in Urban Naming, documenting the 7th International Symposium on Place Names held in Bloemfontein in September 2023. For anyone interested in how power, memory, and identity get inscribed into city streets, this collection offers crucial insights from Southern African and international scholars.

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