Selections fromNomina Africana
1:1 April 1987
A Koopman: Zulu names and other modes of address
1:2 November 1987
S Salman Nadvi: Names of Islam
2:1 April 1988
I M Künz: South African political party names since 1910
H Löffler: Names and regional respectively national identity in a polylingual country such as Switzerland
2:2 November 1988
K F R Budack: Inter-ethnic names for white men in South West Africa
E Ramstad and B J Wilson: The naming of Iceland, Greenland and Finland
P E Raper: The problem of exonyms
3:1 April 1989
H Löffler: Onomastic research in German-speaking countries
L A Möller: The influence of indigenous languages on German toponyms in Namibia
3:2 November 1989
C A Hromnik: Africans or Bantu?
4:1 April 1990
Carmen Nathan: Names and the law
A Koopman: Ornimatopoeia: Song reference in English, Afrikaans and Zulu bird names
4:2 November 1990
R K Herbert and S Bogatsu: Changes in Northern Sotho and Tswana personal naming patterns
5:1 April 1991
S J Neethling: Proper names in some Nguni idioms and proverbs
5:2 November 1991
P L Sales: The origin of country names in Africa
N C P Golele: Compounding as a process of naming in XiTsonga
H Diament: Names with a bang: the Appellations of Explosives
6:1 April 1992
A Koopman: The Socio-cultural Aspects of Zulu Ox- and Dog-Names
D B Ntuli: The Significance of Zulu Homestead Names
6:2 November 1992
E R Jenkins: The Names of Informal Settlements
N S Turner: Zulu Names as Echoes of Censure, Discontent and Disapproval within the Domestic Environment
7:1 and 2 April/November 1993
N C P Golele: Names and Society: The Rise of Some South African Place Names
8:1 April 1994
L J Louwrens: A Linguistic Analysis of Sotho Geographical Names
B A Meiring: Toponymic Innovation and Social Change
8:2 November 1994
A Koopman: Onomastic Shift: From Sir Benjamin to Gobius durbanensis
9:1 April 1995
V de Klerk and B Bosch: Naming in Two Cultures: English and Xhosa Practices
L A Möller: Criteria for Proposed Name Changes
9:2 October 1995
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10:1 and 2 April/November 1996
T Moyo: Personal Names and Naming Practices in Northern Malawi
M M Saarelma-Maunumaa: The Influence of Westernization on Ovambo Personal Names in Namibia
11:1 April 1997
S Murray: Signifying Sol Kerzner and "The Lost City": Some Problems and Pleasures of Name-calling
F Ormeling: Cartographic problems in a Multilingual Society: Mapping the New South Africa's Placenames
N S Turner: Onomastic Caricatures: Names Given to Employers and Co-workers by Black Employees
11:2 November 1997
V Prabhakaran: A Study of Indian Names for Streets in Durban
12:1 April 1998
V de Klerk: Nicknaming Across Cultures: Borrowing and Other Tricks
A Koopman: Names within Names: The Case of Jack and Jan
V Prabhakaran: An Introduction to Indian Hindu Surnames
V Prabhakaran: Exploring Hindu Telegu Surnames
J U Jacobs: Caro Nome: Names in Opera
12:2 November 1998
Joyce T Mathangwane and Sheena F Gardner: Language Attitudes as Portrayed by the Use of English and African Names in Botswana
Nobuhle Ndimande: A Semantic Analysis of Zulu Surnames
13:1 and 2 April/November 1999
Vivian de Klerk: Beauty or Buhle? ... On changing one’s name.
Muhammed Haron: Naming Peoples: The Formation of the South African Muslim Identity.
Minna Saarelma-Maunumaa: Name Sharing in the Naming System of the Ovambos in Namibia.
Themba Moyo: Ngoni Place Names in Mzimba District in Northern Malawi.
Jonathan Musere: The Visitor in Some Proverbial Names of the Baganda.
Varijakshi Prabhakaran: Nicknames - The Hardest Stone the Devil Can Throw: Indian Caricature in South Africa.
14:1 April 2000
S J Neethling: The Developer’s Dilemma: Finding the Right Name
14:2 November 2000
Adrian Koopman: The Power of Names in Oral Poetry
Noleen S Turner: The Pervasive Influence of Plant Names in Zulu Onomastics
Mbali Machaba: Homestead Names as a Reflection of Social Dynamics in Zulu Settings
G N Bangeni and A Coetser: Xhosa First Names, Societal Values and Power Relations
(ALL THE PAPERS IN A WORLD OF NAMES)
15:1 and 2, 2001 (Part One of A World of Names - Festschrift for Peter Raper)
Lucie A Möller: Introduction
Hans Stabe: The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN and its Secretariat)
Helen Kerfoot and Eeva Maria Närhi: United Nations Standardisation of Geographical Names: Development of Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors for International Use
Jörn Sievers: Geographical Names - A Difficult Path Towards National Standardisation
Naftali Kadmon: What is Where? The Definitions of Location for Geographical Names
Ferjan Ormeling: A Name Tool for Early Atlases
Roman Stani-Fertl: Exonyms and Massmedia (Maps): Contribution for a Better Understanding of the Use of Exonyms in Massmedia and Maps for Editors and Infographicians
Heinrich Löffler: Nomen Africanum: What does the name 'Africa' really mean?
Alan Rayburn: The Transfer of South African Place Names to Canada
Art Ó Maolfabhail: Notions of Celticity
W F H Nicolaisen: On English and Gaelic Place Names in Medieval N-E Scotland
H Diament: Some Problems of Translations of Proper Names along the English-French-English Axis
Tony Bevin: Dual Place Naming in New Zealand
Ritva Liisa Pitkänen: Bilingual Place Names in Finland
Sirkka Paikkala: Names of Foreign Rule in Finland
Peeter Päll: Estonian Place Names Act: Linguistic Emphasis in Legislations
Zinta Goba: Toponymic Investigations of Latvian Geographers (1970-2000)
Jurìis Kavacs: The Law on Renaming of Countryside Real Estates of 13 October 1936 in Latvia
Rosemarie Gläser: Toponymic Changes in East Germany After the Unification of the Two German States
Prodromos Vasileiou: The Island of Kypros (Cyprus) and the Use of its Official Geographical Names
Ki-Suk Lee: The Historical Precedent for the Geographical Name of East Sea (Sea of Japan)
Ingrid Piller: Brand Name Formation
Willy van Langendonck: Bynames within the Personal Name System
Minna Saarelma-Maunumaa: Ndalikokule - I was far away: Personal Names of Ovambo Origin in Namibia
Tabula Gratulatoria
16:1 and 2, 2002 (Part Two of A World of Names - Festschrift for Peter Raper)
Lucie A Möller: Introduction
Elwyn Jenkins: Some Features of South African Place Names Approved by the National Place Names Committee, 1977-1999
Barbara Meiring: Dialects in Toponymic Guidelines: A Multilingual South Africa
Frank Hendricks: Naamoordrag as Identiteitskeppingsmeganisme
Cyril A Hromník: /Xairu - The Paradise: The Charming Village of the Attaqua Quena that became Suurbraak (Zuurbraak)
Adrian Koopman: Naming as a Marketing Strategy in a Coastal Resort: The Case of St. Lucia
Colin Clive Smith: Naming in a City: the Street and Place Names of the Roodepoort Area 1854-1999
Mbali Machaba: The Morphological Analysis of Zulu Homestead Names in Mabengela, Nkandla District
S J Neethling: Riding the ama Wave: Nguni Noun Class 6 Influence on Naming in South Africa
Luis Abrahamo: Naming in the South of the Save River (Districts of Magude and Guija)
Susan M Suzman: Zulu Names and Family Histories
P M Lubisi: A Glance into African Personal Names
Nyambe Sumbwa: African Personal Name Derivatives from Animals and Plants: The Lozi Experience
P B Skhosana: Names and Naming Practices amongst Southern Ndebele Male Persons
Vivian de Klerk: Xhosa Nicknames for Whites: A Double-edged Sword
Varijakshi Prabhakaran: Cultures in Contact - Changes in Hindu Tamil and Telegu Naming Patterns in South Africa
Johan Lubbe: Akronieme met Eienaamstatus
Louise Cilliers: Naming Practices in Ancient Greece and Rome as a Reflection of the Social Status of Women
Margaret Mary Raftery: A Trio Con Brio, or an Unholy Trinity? Naming and Numbering the Vices in the Medieval Morality Play Mankind
Tony Voss: The Mazeppa Triangle
Tabula Gratulatoria