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Identification and Citizenship in Africa: Biometrics, the Documentary State and Bureaucratic Writings of the Self (Routledge Contemporary Africa) (Paperback)

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In the context of a global biometric turn, this book investigates processes of legal identification in Africa "from below". Drawing on empirical research conducted across 14 countries, the book documents the processes, practices and meanings of legal identification in Africa from the 1950s.


Product Details
ISBN: 9780367513115
ISBN-10: 0367513110
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: May 31st, 2023
Pages: 374
Language: English
Series: Routledge Contemporary Africa