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Riding the demon : on the road in West Africa /

In Niger, where access to rail and air travel requires overcoming many obstacles, roads are the nation's lifeline. For a year in the early 1990s, Peter Chilson traveled this desert country by automobile to experience West African road culture. He crisscrossed the same roads again and again with...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chilson, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Georgia ; London [England] : The University of Georgia Press, 2015.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Map; Preface; Preface to the 1999 Edition; Acknowledgments; The Fickle God; The Dogs of the Road; A Driver, a Checkpoint, an African Road; Waiting for the Marabout; Zinder Notes; Driving to Madness; Listening to Mariko; A Woman at the Wheel; An Ugly American; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z.