Jennifer HartGhana on the Go
African Mobility in the Age of Motor Transportation
Jennifer Hart is a storyteller born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. As an author and illustrator, she encourages readers to pursue all things kind, adventurous and creative in the world. When she's not telling fictional tales, she is composing literal ones in the form of company branding for businesses of all sizes with her company, Hart House Creative. Hart's award-winning designs have been featured in National Geographic, on billboards, online, and in magazines across the United States. In 2017, she became a published author with book one of the Baxter The Dog Series, "Baxter Goes to Imagination Land." Her debut work was highly regarded by Kirkus - "Hart takes the imagination's wandering to delightfully absurd ends," and Reader's Favorite which gave it a five-star rating. She was also selected to be part of the Nevada Artist's Roster for 2019-2022 and founded a charity book drive, in 2018, called Book for a Book. For a full list of Hart's published works, speaking opportunities, and community efforts, please visit iamjenniferhart.com. Follow @jenncre8s on Instagram, or read Make It Pretty, her blog about creativity, travel, and food.
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Auto/Mobile Lives
1. "All Shall Pass": Indigenous Entrepreneurs, Colonial Technopolitics, and
the Roots of African Automobility, 1901-1939
2. "Honest Labor": Public Safety, Private Profit, and the
Professionalization of Drivers, 1930-1945
3. "Modern Men": Motor Transportation and the Politics of Respectability,
1930s-1960s
4. "One Man, No Chop": Licit Wealth, Good Citizens, and the Criminalization
of Drivers in Postcolonial Ghana
5. "Sweet Not Always": Automobility, State Power, and the Politics of
Development, 1980s-1990s
Epilogue. "No Rest for the Trotro Driver": Ambivalence and Automobility in
21st Century Ghana
Notes
Bibliography
Index
