Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Notes on Orthography xv
6. Introduction: Conceptualizing Periurban Colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa 1
7. 1. Mobility, Locality, and Ewe Identity in Periurban Eweland 21
8. 2. Intervention and Dissent: Manufacturing the Model Periurban Chief 45
9. 3. Crisis in an Ewe “Capital”: The Periurban Zone Descends on the City 69
10. 4. Vodou and Resistance: Politico-Religious Crises in the Periurban Landscape 90
11. 5. The German Togo-Bund and the Periurban Manifestations of “Nation” 121
12. 6. From Eweland to la République Togolaise: Le Guide du Togo and the Periurban Circulation of Knowledge 148
13. Epilogue 179
14. Notes 183
15. Bibliography 245
16. Index 277