Quadrant Book
Nature of the Path: Reading a West African Road
Hardback | May 2017 | University of Minnesota Press | 9781517902827 | 224pp | 216x140mm | RFB | AUD$141.99, NZD$169.99
The Nature of the Path reveals how a single road has shaped the collective identity of a community that has existed on the margins of larger societies for centuries. Marcus Filippello shows how a road running through the Lama Valley in Southeastern Benin has become a mnemonic device that has allowed residents to counter prevailing histories.