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“Nifa Nifa”

Technopolitics, Mobile Workers, and the Ambivalence of Decline in Acheampong’s Ghana

JENNIFER HART
African Economic History, November 2016, 44 (1) 181-201; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.44.1.181
JENNIFER HART
Jennifer Hart () is a professor of African history at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She is the author of articles in the International Journal of African Historical Studies and the International Review of Social History. Her book, Ghana on the Go: African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation, was published by Indiana University Press in October 2016. She also writes a blog () and tweets at @detroittoaccra and @accramobile.
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vol. 44 no. 1 181-201
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.44.1.181
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African Economic History
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0145-2258
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2163-9108
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  • Published online November 16, 2016.
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  1. JENNIFER HART
  1. Jennifer Hart (Jennifer.hart4{at}wayne.edu) is a professor of African history at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She is the author of articles in the International Journal of African Historical Studies and the International Review of Social History. Her book, Ghana on the Go: African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation, was published by Indiana University Press in October 2016. She also writes a blog (www.ghanaonthego.com) and tweets at @detroittoaccra and @accramobile.
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