the extent to which the international slave trades transformed the institutions of slavery in Africa. I use newly …According to western observers, slavery was almost universal in Africa by the end of the slave trade era. I investigate …

I trace the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on the evolution of political authority in West Africa. I present … econometric evidence showing that the trans-Atlantic slave trade increased absolutism in pre-colonial West Africa by approximately … structure of African political institutions in the colonial era and beyond. I present aggregate evidence showing that British …

Polygyny rates are higher in Western Africa than in Eastern Africa. The African slave trades explain this diff erence …. More male slaves were exported in the trans-Atlantic slave trades from Western Africa, while more female slaves were … exported in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea slave trades from Eastern Africa. The slave trades led to prolonged periods of …

institutions in former African colonies. This paper explores how mining companies in the Belgian Congo and Northern Rhodesia … among the best paid manual labourers in Sub-Saharan Africa from the 1940s onwards. We investigate how labour stabilization … varied across space and time we stress the need for dynamic conceptualizations of colonial institutions, as a counterweight …

management would choose to display such signs of autocracy, and how it is possible within the prevailing government institutions. …

This paper addresses the long-term impact of Sub-Saharan Africa’s indigenous systems of slavery on its political and …

Africa and thus creating a win-win situation in a partnership on eye-level. However, many Africans suspect the EU of double … talk and of promoting selfish export interest at the expense of inclusive growth in African countries. Taking the proposed … NGOs and civil society groups inside and outside Africa. …

, the EU, and Africa: market access, foreign direct investment (FDI), aid, security, and the nature of the partnership. The … offer something new that other global players with increasing interest in Africa, such as China, do not already have on …