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Abstract

In the early 1900s the motor-vehicle (car, bus, lorry or motorcycle) 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 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.

Original document

The different versions of the original document can be found in:

• http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/ff57/0e4e820566e32ec66ebbbe0bec80b15761a2.pdf

• https://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books/9789047430797,

https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2486089980

• https://brill.com/view/title/15327,

https://brill.com/downloadpdf/title/15327,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004177352.i-298