The Post-identity Subject: The New Social Geographies of Rural West Africa
New challenges lie ahead in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, where, with increasing regularity, the subject perceives his / her identity as a complex construction, positioned at the crossroad of cultural features and social roles inherited from tradition and the random approach to individual conquest amid constantly evolving geographical contexts. Territorial power structures are redefined in terms of access to space and natural resources and the issue of accountability. A case in point depicts mutating village networks and their contribution toward a deeper understanding of emerging new identities.