About the author

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of maps and photographs viii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. About the author xii
6. Glossary xiii
7. 1 Introduction: cassava fields, sacred woods 1
8. 2 Rivers and motorways 22
9. 3 Between a rock and a hard place: coastal mangroves in pre-colonial times 49
10. 4 Chiefs, customs and territory: the legacy of french rule 73
11. 5 Running and hiding: the end of colonialism and the arrival of the iconoclasts 99
12. 6 Mande tricksters and transformations: from iconoclastic preachers to iconoclastic politicians 122
13. 7 Surviving iconoclasm 148
14. 8 Harlem city and the ancestral village: youth and the politics of culture today 169
15. 9 Conclusion: iconoclasm undone 192
16. Appendix 204
17. Notes 205
18. Bibliography 219
19. Index 234