Africas Joola Shipwreck - Causes and Consequences of a Humanitarian Disaster

In 2002, a Senegalese passenger ship called the Joola capsized in a storm off the Gambian coast, killing 1,863 people and leaving only 64 survivors. In Africa's Joola Shipwreck, Karen Samantha Barton investigates the roots of the Joola shipwreck and its consequences for Senegalese society and space.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Colonial Cartographies
Chapter 2: Geographies of the South and North
Chapter 3: Geographies of the Sea
Chapter 4: Shipwreck: An Accumulation of Errors
Chapter 5: Geographies of Remembrance and Faith

About the author

Karen Samantha Barton is professor of geography, GIS, and sustainability at the University of Northern Colorado.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Samantha Barton
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781498585415
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8541-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, HISTORY / Africa / West, Politics & government, African History, West Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies