Domenico Cristofaro
Biographic Data
| ID | 4607981 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Domenico Cristofaro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Domenico |
| FAMILY NAME | Cristofaro |
| SIGNATURE | CRISTOFARO D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4122-329X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, Independent Africa
Independent Africa: The First Generation of Nation Builders by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong is a richly detailed and thought-provoking study that explores the multifaceted process of state formation and the political, economic, and cultural imaginaries that shaped Africa’s newly independent nations. Focusing on the economic policies pursued by Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana, Léopold Sédar Senghor in Senegal, Julius Nyerere in Tanzania, and Sékou Touré in Gu…
Andrew Denning. Automotive Empire
Andrew Denning’s Automotive Empire is a rich and significant contribution to the comparative history of how colonial regimes conceived and implemented their policies on road construction in Africa. The concept of “automotive empire,” which underpins the book, is centered on how technology, infrastructure, and mobility shaped colonial policies and how these interventions transformed Africa in turn. Denning aims to develop a theoretical framework c…
A Note on Photographic Archival Collections on Northern Ghana
This note offers a preliminary survey of archives containing photographic material – both digitized and nondigitized – related to northern Ghana. Despite the region’s historical marginalization, this condition has not necessarily resulted in a scarcity of sources. On the contrary, numerous archives preserve rich and underexplored photographic documentation. By identifying and describing key collections across institutions such as the White Father…
Crossing Borders, Counting Coins
Colonial boundaries exerted a significant influence on African monetary practices, particularly in border areas. The role of taxation, which often varied among different colonies, in shaping these practices remains less clear, especially when colonial borders divided economically homogeneous regions. This article, focusing on the Ghana/Burkina Faso border in the early twentieth century, examines the consequences of diverging fiscal policies on Af…
The Rise of the ‘Impenetrable Hedge’
This article sheds light on the effects that the unrest created by early twentieth-century colonial wars had on the increasing power of African colonial intermediaries in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. By managing interpretation processes as well as developing a monopoly on the use of violence, interpreters, soldiers, clerks, and chiefs created what the officers called an ‘impenetrable hedge’. Analyzing how these different figures de…
“Here There Is No Gold Standard. Cows Are the Standard”. Multiple Currencies, Colonial Taxation and Monetary Transition in Upper Ghana (1896–1936)
The Rise of the ‘Impenetrable Hedge’
This article sheds light on the effects that the unrest created by early twentieth-century colonial wars had on the increasing power of African colonial intermediaries in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. By managing interpretation processes as well as developing a monopoly on the use of violence, interpreters, soldiers, clerks, and chiefs created what the officers called an ‘impenetrable hedge’. Analyzing how these different figures de…
“Here There Is No Gold Standard. Cows Are the Standard”. Multiple Currencies, Colonial Taxation and Monetary Transition in Upper Ghana (1896–1936)
The Rise of the ‘Impenetrable Hedge’
This article sheds light on the effects that the unrest created by early twentieth-century colonial wars had on the increasing power of African colonial intermediaries in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast. By managing interpretation processes as well as developing a monopoly on the use of violence, interpreters, soldiers, clerks, and chiefs created what the officers called an ‘impenetrable hedge’. Analyzing how these different figures de…
Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, Independent Africa
Independent Africa: The First Generation of Nation Builders by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong is a richly detailed and thought-provoking study that explores the multifaceted process of state formation and the political, economic, and cultural imaginaries that shaped Africa’s newly independent nations. Focusing on the economic policies pursued by Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana, Léopold Sédar Senghor in Senegal, Julius Nyerere in Tanzania, and Sékou Touré in Gu…
Andrew Denning. Automotive Empire
Andrew Denning’s Automotive Empire is a rich and significant contribution to the comparative history of how colonial regimes conceived and implemented their policies on road construction in Africa. The concept of “automotive empire,” which underpins the book, is centered on how technology, infrastructure, and mobility shaped colonial policies and how these interventions transformed Africa in turn. Denning aims to develop a theoretical framework c…
A Note on Photographic Archival Collections on Northern Ghana
This note offers a preliminary survey of archives containing photographic material – both digitized and nondigitized – related to northern Ghana. Despite the region’s historical marginalization, this condition has not necessarily resulted in a scarcity of sources. On the contrary, numerous archives preserve rich and underexplored photographic documentation. By identifying and describing key collections across institutions such as the White Father…
Crossing Borders, Counting Coins
Colonial boundaries exerted a significant influence on African monetary practices, particularly in border areas. The role of taxation, which often varied among different colonies, in shaping these practices remains less clear, especially when colonial borders divided economically homogeneous regions. This article, focusing on the Ghana/Burkina Faso border in the early twentieth century, examines the consequences of diverging fiscal policies on Af…
African history and culture studies (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · History (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works)