The Nature of the Path Reading a West African Road |
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| Author:
| Filippello, Marcus |
| Series title: | A Quadrant Book Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5179-0283-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.00 |
Book Description:
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Marcus Filippelloshows how a road running through the Lama Valley in Southeastern Benin hasbecome a mnemonic device allowing residents to counter prevailing histories.Built by the French colonial government, the road serves as a site where the Ọhọri peoplenarrate their changing relationship to the environment and assert theirindependence in the political milieus of colonial and postcolonial Africa.
Marcus Filippelloshows how a road running through the Lama Valley in Southeastern Benin hasbecome a mnemonic device allowing residents to counter prevailing histories.Built by the French colonial government, the road serves as a site where the Ọhọri peoplenarrate their changing relationship to the environment and assert theirindependence in the political milieus of colonial and postcolonial Africa.