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In the early 1900s the motor-vehicle (car, bus, lorry or motor-cycle) was introduced in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially the plaything and symbol of colonial domination, the motor-vehicle transformed the economic and social life of the continent. Indeed, the motor-vehicle is arguably the single most important factor for change in Africa in the twentieth century. A factor for change that thus far has been neglected in research and literature. Yet its impact extends across the totality of human existence; from ecological devastation to economic advancement, from cultural transformation to political change, through to a myriad of other themes. This edited volume of eleven contributions by historians, anthropologists and social and political scientists explores aspects of the social history and anthropology of the motor-vehicle in Africa.

Social change --- History of Africa --- anno 1900-1999 --- Sub-Saharan Africa --- Transportation, Automotive --- Motor vehicles --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- Automotive vehicles --- Vehicles --- Automotive transportation --- Highway transportation --- Motor carriers --- Motor transportation --- Road transportation --- Automobiles --- Social aspects --- History --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Africa --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Social conditions --- Africa --Social conditions --20th century. --- Motor vehicles --Social aspects --Africa --History --20th century. --- Transportation, Automotive --Social aspects --Africa --History --20th century. --- Business & Economics --- Transportation Economics