Overview

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 hri peoplenarrate their changing relationship to the environment and assert theirindependence in the political milieus of colonial and postcolonial Africa. 

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Author:   Marcus Filippello
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781517902834

ISBN 10:   1517902835
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   17 January 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Offering a new type of postcolonial history that is informed by how people engage with the natural and material worlds, Marcus Filippello weaves together local and colonial narratives to make a significant contribution to our understanding of this little-studied region over several centuries of its history. Celia Nyamweru, St. Lawrence University and Pwani University</p>

Offering a new type of postcolonial history that is informed by how people engage with the natural and material worlds, Marcus Filippello weaves together local and colonial narratives to make a significant contribution to our understanding of this little-studied region over several centuries of its history. Celia Nyamweru, St. Lawrence University and Pwani University

Offering a new type of postcolonial history that is informed by how people engage with the natural and material worlds, Marcus Filippello weaves together local and colonial narratives to make a significant contribution to our understanding of this little-studied region over several centuries of its history. --Celia Nyamweru, St. Lawrence University and Pwani University

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Marcus Filippello is assistant professor of history at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee.

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