Michael Ralph is assistant professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University.

"Forensics of Capital is a top-notch intervention into several fields, ranging from African studies to anthropology to economic history. It effortlessly takes the reader along for a ride on the tangled history that has led to the current sovereign state of Senegal. But part of its ambitious theoretical contribution lies precisely here: by employing a novel argument about 'forensic profiles,' Ralph ably shows that all nation-states have a similarly tangled emergence." (Gustav Peebles, New School)"

Michael Ralph is assistant professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University.

"Forensics of Capital is a top-notch intervention into several fields, ranging from African studies to anthropology to economic history. It effortlessly takes the reader along for a ride on the tangled history that has led to the current sovereign state of Senegal. But part of its ambitious theoretical contribution lies precisely here: by employing a novel argument about 'forensic profiles,' Ralph ably shows that all nation-states have a similarly tangled emergence." (Gustav Peebles, New School)"

Michael Ralph is assistant professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University.

"Forensics of Capital is a top-notch intervention into several fields, ranging from African studies to anthropology to economic history. It effortlessly takes the reader along for a ride on the tangled history that has led to the current sovereign state of Senegal. But part of its ambitious theoretical contribution lies precisely here: by employing a novel argument about 'forensic profiles,' Ralph ably shows that all nation-states have a similarly tangled emergence." (Gustav Peebles, New School)"