"This well-written book deeply engages with the dynamics of African mobility and constitutes a major contribution to twentieth-century Ghanaian history."-- International Journal of African Historical Studies "Jennifer Hart's text sweeps triumphantly across a century of authomobility in colonial and post-colonial Ghana. sophisticated, clear and inspiring account."-- Journal of Transport History "There is much here for readers across a wide range of disciplines to learn and enjoy."-- Africa "Jennifer Hart has an acute ear for listening to stories and noticing important themes in the narratives and archives. Such fascinating material."--Jamie Monson, author of Africa's Freedom Railway "Automobile technology was quickly and fluidly remade and redefined to suit local uses--in ways that alter how we think about economy, society, and modernity, as well as modes of African inventiveness: the capacity to divert, adapt, or redesign material goods or objects, how we think about them, their histories, and cultural possibilities."--William Cunningham Bissell, author of Urban Design, Chaos, and Colonial Power in Zanzibar "Hart has given us a sensitively aware and richly documented account of (auto)mobility in Ghana.

"-- American Historical Review.