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dc.contributor.authorSaarelma-Maunumaa, Minna
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-02 15:07:31
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T12:37:09Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T12:37:09Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier1000202
dc.identifierOCN: 1051779169en_US
dc.identifier.issn1235-1938;1235-1946
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29745
dc.description.abstract"What are the most popular names of the Ambo people in Namibia? Why do so many Ambos have Finnish first names? What do the African names of these people mean? Why is the namesake so important in Ambo culture? How did the long independence struggle affect personal naming, and what are the latest name-giving trends in Namibia? This study analyses the changes in the personal naming system of the Ambo people in Namibia over the last 120 years, starting from the year 1883 when the first Ambos received biblical and European names at baptism. The central factors in this process were the German and South African colonisation and European missionary work on the one hand, and the rise of African nationalism on the other hand. Eventually, this clash between African and European naming practices led to a new and dynamic naming system which includes elements of both African and European origin. Dr. Minna Saarelma-Maunumaa is the Publishing Director of the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission and the Vice-President of the Finnish-Namibian Society. ""Within the field of onomastics, i.e. the scientific study of names, this study is a remarkable and extremely important one... I suspect that it will become a major and standard reference work in the future, not only regarding Ambo anthroponymy, but anthroponymy in general, particularly where cultures interact."" —Professor S.J. Neethling, University of the Western Cape, South Africa"
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStudia Fennica Linguistica
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguisticsen_US
dc.subject.otherfirst names
dc.subject.otherpersonal names
dc.subject.othernicknames (general)
dc.subject.othernames
dc.subject.othernomenclature research
dc.subject.othercultural change
dc.subject.otherFinland
dc.subject.otherGiven name
dc.subject.otherNamibia
dc.titleEdhina Ekogidho – Names as Links
dc.title.alternativeThe Encounter between African and European Anthroponymic Systems among the Ambo People in Namibia
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.21435/sflin.11
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy51db0f72-616d-4d86-b847-ade19380e08f
oapen.relation.isbn9789517465298; 9789522228161; 9789522228208
oapen.series.number11
oapen.pages373
oapen.place.publicationHelsinki
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Finland - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland; Given name - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Given_name; Namibia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia
oapen.identifier.ocn1051779169


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