The speed of change : : motor vehicles and people in Africa, 1890-2000 / / edited by Jan-Bart Gewald, Sabine Luning, Klaas van Walraven.

• Superior document: Afrika-Studiecentrum series, v. 13
• TeilnehmendeR: Gewald, Jan-Bart.; Luning, Sabine.; Walraven, Klaas van, 1958-
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In the early 1900s the motor-vehicle (car, bus, lorry or motor-cycle) was introduced in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially the plaything and symbol of colonial domination, the motor-vehicle transformed the economic and social life of the continent. Indeed, the motor-vehicle is arguably the single most important factor for change in Africa in the twentieth century. A factor for change that thus far has been neglected in research and literature. Yet its impact extends across the totality of human existence; from ecological devastation to economic advancement, from cultural transformation to political change, through to a myriad of other themes. This edited volume of eleven contributions by historians, anthropologists and social and political scientists explores aspects of the social history and anthropology of the motor-vehicle in Africa.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J.-B. Gewald , S.W.J. Luning and K. Van Walraven -- Motor Vehicles And People In Africa: An Introduction / Jan-Bart Gewald , Sabine Luning and Klaas Van Walraven -- 1. People, Mines And Cars: Towards A Revision Of Zambian History, 1890-1930 / Jan-Bart Gewald -- 2. Motorcars And Modernity: Pining For Progress In Portuguese Guinea, 1915-1945 / Philip J. Havik -- 3. Vehicle Of Sedition: The Role Of Transport Workers In Sawaba’S Rebellion In Niger, 1954-1966 / Klaas Van Walraven -- 4. Hug Me, Hold Me Tight! The Evolution Of Passenger Transport In Luanda And Huambo (Angola), 1975-2000 / Carlos M. Lopes -- 5. Striking Gold In Cotonou? Three Cases Of Entrepreneurship In The Euro-West African Second-Hand Car Trade In Benin / Joost Beuving -- 6. The Art Of Truck Modding On The Nile (Sudan): An Attempt To Trace Creativity / Kurt Beck -- 7. The Hilux And The ‘Body Thrower’: Khat Transporters In Kenya / Neil Carrier -- 8. Modern Chariots: Speed And Mobility In Contemporary ‘Small’ Wars In The Sahara / Georg Klute -- 9. Religion On The Road: The Spiritual Experience Of Road Travel In Ghana / Gabriel Klaeger -- 10. A Chief’S Fatal Car Accident: Political History And Moral Geography In Burkina Faso / Sabine Luning -- 11. ‘Anyway!’: Lorry Inscriptions In Ghana / Sjaak Van Der Geest -- List Of Authors / J.-B. Gewald , S.W.J. Luning and K. Van Walraven -- Index / J.-B. Gewald , S.W.J. Luning and K. Van Walraven.