To what extent did capitalism come into being in Africa before 1850? If by capitalism we mean the production of goods … most certainly not the dominant system of production in Africa (Iliffe 1983). This does not mean that there was no …. Finally it does not mean that there was no economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa before 1850. As will be analyzed here …

Africa, using Southern Rhodesia as a case in point. My findings show that the rise of wage labour did not mark the end of … relations in colonial Africa. Based on my estimates I revise the fundamental question of the role of access to and control of … indigenous labour in the growth of European settler agriculture in Africa. In contrast to previous research, I argue that the …

Today, income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa is exceptionally high. In this paper, we study whether present … colonies. To do so, we use data from colonial records to build new social tables for French colonies in West and Central Africa … and we combine them with available information on British colonies in East and Southern Africa. We find that inequality in …

the 1890s to the 1970s and then only interrupted from 1975s to 1995s, writing about the 20th century for Africa as a …

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

in Africa have been characterized by strong growth in real tax collection. As a next step, we employ these data to test …

understanding how the economy in urban port cities in Africa and elsewhere in the Atlantic World operated in the nineteenth century …

European colonizers sought to extract cotton from sub-Saharan Africa. However, while some African farmers generated …-colonial Francophone West Africa illustrates how the observed historical seasonality constraint was contingent on technological stagnation … and thin food markets, which characterized most parts of colonial Africa. …

in West Africa. Real urban wages grew during the Great Depression and the 'Ëœdevelopmental decade' following World War II … wages. This paper argues that a similar revision is likely necessary for real wage estimates in other colonies in Africa … century were 'Ëœsoaked up' by urban landlords, pointing to an important driver of inequality in urban colonial Africa. …