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opportunities and challenges posed by the development of extraction of these metals. While Africa's share of global reserves and …
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a profound impact not only on the EU but also on Africa. The British government's vision of a reinvigorated 'Global … Britain' relies heavily on a reinforced cooperation with Commonwealth Sub-Saharan Africa. Already the temporary closure of … GB and the EU. However, African commodity exporters such as Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya will likely bear the brunt …
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The field of African economic history is in resurgence. This paper reviews recent and on-going research contributions and notes strengths in their wide methodological, conceptual and topical variety. In these strengths there is also a challenge: different methodological approaches may also...
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This paper addresses the long-term impact of Sub-Saharan Africa's indigenous systems of slavery on its political and …
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the 'cash crop revolution' in tropical Africa during the early colonial period. It focuses on the supply side, using …
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migrant labour to neighbouring South Africa earned well relative to domestic labour in the Protectorate, both in the formal …
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This paper offers a historical micro-level analysis of the impact of climatic shocks on the incidence of conflict in colonial Nigeria (1912–1945). Primary historical sources on court cases, prisoners and homicides are used to construct an index of socio-political conflict using principal...
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In 1922, the British colonial administration in the Gambia demonetized the French five franc coin, which had been legal tender since 1843. The cost of the demonetization was equal to a year's revenue, and undermined the stable fiscal position built up over previous decades. The floating exchange...
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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 …
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fiscal capacity in four countries in francophone West Africa – Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger and Senegal - over both the …
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