[STS-Africa] Fwd: Road ethnographies from AFRICA: journal of the International African Institute

[Luisa Reis-Castro]

*Explore Ethnographies of the Road and other highlights from the latest
issue of AFRICA: Journal of the International African Institute
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Roads on the African continent are commonly encountered with a rather
ambivalent stance, both by Africans and Africanist scholars. Inspired by
Adeline Masquelier’s influential article on ‘road mythographies’, five new
articles in the latest issue of Africa press ahead with the analytic theme
of the ambivalence of roads.

Through their historic analyses and ethnographic observations, the
assembled case studies from Senegal, Ghana, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania give
a strong sense of how the perils and possibilities of roads, roadsides,
traffic and transport have been and continue to be embraced in the everyday
lives of colonial and post-colonial subjects.

We are pleased to offer complimentary access to Gabriel Klaeger's
introduction and Mark Lamont's article on road safety here:

http://journals.cambridge.org/africaethnographies

We are also delighted to offer free access to a new article by Adeline
Masquelier published in the same issue, ‘Teatime: boredom and the
temporalities of young men in Niger’. The essay explores the temporalities
of teatime at the fada (youth club) considering what is produced, in
particular how value, exchange, and affect emerge in the
context of daily routines.

http://journals.cambridge.org/Masquelier

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Stephanie Kitchen
Chair of the Publications Committee
International African Institute
School of Oriental and African Studies
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London WC1H OXG
www.internationalafricaninstitute.org

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