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

The question whether institutions in Africa were shaped by the metropolitan identity of the colonizer or by local … into three different "macro-regions of colonial influence": Africa of the colonial trade or peasant economy, Africa of the … concession-owning companies and Africa of the labour reserves. Interestingly, we argue that Mozambique encompassed all three …

Africa and intervenes in the debate on the mediating effect of cash crops on resilience to shocks. We employ a dual research … administrative records and construct a panel dataset of 151 districts across West, South-central and East Africa in the Interwar Era …

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

1960s. This suggests a revision of some prevalent truths about the history of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The …

1960s. This suggests a revision of some prevalent truths about the history of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The …

the 'cash crop revolution' in tropical Africa during the early colonial period. It focuses on the supply side, using …

migrant labour to neighbouring South Africa earned well relative to domestic labour in the Protectorate, both in the formal …