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 …

Nunn (2008) found a negative relationship between past slave exports and economic performance within Africa. Here we … raiding outside Africa, and find evidence that questions the validity of such suggestion. In addition, our reading of the …

Nunn (2008) found a negative relationship between past slave exports and economic performance within Africa. Here we … raiding outside Africa, and find evidence that questions the validity of such suggestion. In addition, our reading of the …

In this paper we evaluate the impact of colonialism on development in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the world context … negative effect on development in Africa. To develop this claim we distinguish between three sorts of colonies: (1) those which …

In this paper we evaluate the impact of colonialism on development in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the world context … negative effect on development in Africa. To develop this claim we distinguish between three sorts of colonies: (1) those which …

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 …