Such a fun piece to write: starting with Dakar, it is time to think about informality as more than an urban and contemporary phenomenon 🤓 Be on the look out for part 2 on small forms of property and their bigger meanings for women in the countryside of colonial Senegal.
American Historical Association@historians.org · 5d agoWhat happens when an economy exists outside of official records? #AHAPerspectives summer columnist Becca Aponte explores how women street vendors in Dakar today connect to a longer history of economics and colonialism.
