Les Dynamiques de l'Anthroponymie : Héritages et Identités au Maghreb et en Afrique Subsaharienne
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https://doi.org/10.48075/odal.v6i1.35483Keywords:
anthroponymy, Africa, Maghreb, identity, memory, discourse, pseudonymyAbstract
This thematic issue explores contemporary dynamics of anthroponymy in the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa through six contributions rooted in social, literary, and digital contexts. Far from being limited to a linguistic analysis of proper names, these studies approach them as social facts, discursive practices, and identity markers shaped by history, power relations, cultural shifts, and generational tensions. The synthesis is structured around two axes: the first examines name transmission and its reconfigurations in familial, migratory, or community contexts; the second focuses on naming as a discursive act within fictional and digital spaces. By combining empirical, literary, and sociolinguistic approaches, this article highlights the vitality of a critical, situated onomastics attentive to African voices and their modes of identity expression.
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