Session 2.

Chair: José C. Curto

The Modernisation of Transport and its Contradictions

Rosa Cruz e Silva:

O tráfego no corredor do Kwanza secs. XVI-XIX. Continuidade e ruptura
[Traffic in the Kwanza Corridor from the 16th to 19th Centuries: Continuity and Rupture]

Maria Emília Madeira Santos:

Em busca dos sítios do poder na África Central Ocidental: Homens e caminhos, exércitos e estradas (1483-1915)
[In Search for the Sites of Power in West-Central Africa: People and Paths, Armies and Roads (1483-1915)]

David Birmingham:

Wagon Technology, Transport and Long-distance Communication in Angola 1885-1908