Naming Among the Xhosa of SA (H/C)

This Book is the First Comprehensive Monograph on Naming in the Xhosa Speaking Community in South Africa. This Work Brings Together All Available Scholarly Research on Xhosa Naming As Well As Recent Research by the Author. Onomastics (The Study of Names, Naming, and Naming Systems) is Relatively Young in Southern Africa. While the Discipline of Onomastics Was Already Well Established in Northern Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century, the Study of Names and Naming Only Really Started to Take Root in Southern Africa in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century. and If Onomastics Itself is Relatively Young in Southern Africa, the Study of Names and Naming Among the Bantu Speaking Societies and Cultures is Younger Still. Prior to 1976 One Might Have Found the Odd Reference to Personal Names in Ethnographic Literature, but One Would Have Looked in Vain for Academic Studies on Naming Patterns Among the Zulu, Xhosa, Venda, Tswana, or Any of the Other 'Indigenous' Language Groupings of Southern