Nostalgia for the future :: West Africa after the Cold War /

Since the end of the cold war, Africa has seen a dramatic rise in new political and religious phenomena, including an eviscerated privatized state, neoliberal NGOs, Pentecostalism, a resurgence in accusations of witchcraft, a culture of scamming and fraud, and, in some countries, a nearly universal...

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Main Author: Piot, Charles
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Since the end of the cold war, Africa has seen a dramatic rise in new political and religious phenomena, including an eviscerated privatized state, neoliberal NGOs, Pentecostalism, a resurgence in accusations of witchcraft, a culture of scamming and fraud, and, in some countries, a nearly universal wish to emigrate. Drawing on fieldwork in Togo, Charles Piot suggests that a new biopolitics after state sovereignty is remaking the face of one of the world's poorest regions. In a country where playing the U.S. Department of State's green card lottery is a national pastime and.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 200 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226669663
0226669661
9780226669649
0226669645
9780226669656
0226669653

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