Ghana on the Go
As early as the 1910s, African drivers in colonial Ghana understood the possibilities that using imported motor transport could further the social and economic agendas of a diverse array of local agents, including chiefs, farmers, traders, fishermen, and urban workers. Jennifer Hart''s powerful narrative of auto-mobility shows how drivers built on old trade routes to increase the speed and scale o...
As early as the 1910s, African drivers in colonial Ghana understood the possibilities that using imported motor transport could further the social and economic agendas of a diverse array of local agents, including chiefs, farmers, traders, fishermen, and urban workers. Jennifer Hart''s powerful narrative of auto-mobility shows how drivers built on old trade routes to increase the speed and scale o...
