This article examines the role of cognitive ability or intelligence on slave expor ts from Africa. We test a hypothesis … slave exports from Africa probably due to comparatively better capacities to organise, corporate, oversee and confront slave …

The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this … trade on the “sending” countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social …

We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women …