| Title: | The role of indigenous place names in preserving living heritage of the Zulu people in KwaZulu-Natal |
| Author: | Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa |
| Publication: | Numele și numirea. Actele Conferinței Internaționale de Onomastică. Ediția a III-a: Conventional / unconventional in onomastics, p. 533 |
| ISBN: | 978-606-543-671-8 |
| Editors: | Oliviu Felecan |
| Publisher: | Editura Mega, Editura Argonaut |
| Place: | Cluj-Napoca |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Abstract: | This paper focuses on the role of indigenous place names in KwaZulu- Natal as a way of preserving living heritage. Names are powerful symbols that connect us with our ancestors and our space and should be preserved as part of our oral history and cultural heritage. Toponomastics research done in KwaZulu- Natal has placed more emphasis on the semantic, orthographic significance of naming and the role of name givers, but has not focused on the preservation aspect of living heritage. Through oral traditions which fall under living heritage, I argue in this paper that indigenous place names are key in preserving living heritage and indigenous knowledge. Oral history is preserved in various indigenous place names in KwaZulu-Natal. Ong (1982: 8) is of the opinion that oral cultures concern themselves with doings and happenings, not with being as such: oral cultures narrativise their own existence and their environment. |
| Key words: | indigenous place names, indigenous knowledge systems, preservation, heritage, culture |
| Language: | English |
| Links: |  pdf |
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