Contributed articles presented at the Conference on the 'Political Economy of Maritime Africa in the Indian Ocean Region', jointly organized by Indian Ocean RIM Association and Indian Ocean Research Group, held at Nairobi in March 2014

Introduction -- Africa in the making of an IOW global economy -- Indian Ocean Africa in the first great upswing in the Indian Ocean World global economy, 300 BCE to 300 CE -- Economic instability, ca. 300 to 900 CE -- The second great boom in the IOW global economy ca. 850 to 1250 and its impact...