Welcome…

to the African Economic History Network

The African Economic History Network (AEHN) is an initiative intended to foster communication, collaboration and research as well as teaching amongst scholars studying the long-term development of sub-Saharan Africa, from the pre-colonial era to the present-day. The AEHN holds an annual conference, publishes a working papers series in African Economic History and an open-source textbook The History of African Development, as well as a blog and a newsletter. The network was founded in 2011 with financial assistance from the Swedish Riksbanken.

Our Mission

Annual Meeting

The 15th Annual Meeting of the AEHN 2020 will take place in October at University of the Free State, Bloemfontein (South Africa). Dates to be communicated.

Latest Newsletter

AEHN Newsletter #52 November

AEHN Blog Updates

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AEHN Newsletter

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Funding

If you or your organisation would like to know more about the activities of the AEHN and how best to support these, please contact us for more information.

The network is currently funded by:

Rural and Environmental History, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden

ERC Starting Grant Program

Blog: Frontiers in African Economic History

Historical Experiences and Demand for Health: The Legacy of Colonial Medical Campaigns in Central Africa

Sara Lowes and Eduardo Montero - 10 November 2021

As vaccines for Covid-19 become more readily available, the next challenge will be ensuring uptake of vaccines in developing countries. Despite numerous improvements in health technology and access, health interventions in developing countries often fail because of low demand by...
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AEHN Textbook Project

AEHN Working Papers

A Case of its Own? A Review of Italy’s Colonisation of Eritrea, 1890-1941

Morten Jerven, Jacob Weisdorf and Donatella Strangio

Slave Trades, Kinship Structures and Women Political Participation in Africa

Leoné Walters, Carolyn Chisadza and Matthew Clance

State-Church Synergies in Colonial Empires: Longitudinal Evidence on Missionary Expansion in Africa

Bastian Becker

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26 Nov

In case you missed the 6th LEAP Annual Lecture by @dozieokoye_PhD it is now available online: https://youtu.be/9pTFkClYZPU

#EconTwitter #economichistory

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Avatar Felix Meier zu Selhausen @FelixMzS1·

25 Nov

Slave trades' negative long-term effects only emerge in a cross country framework - within SSA countries it however switches signs... https://twitter.com/JHPE_journal/status/1463310154863046662

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New in @JHPE_journal. @AdeelMalikOx & @van_thi_b investigate the impact of historic slave trade on contemporary educational outcomes in Africa and show slavery’s long-term literacy legacy depends on the accounting of spatial effects. Free w/registration. https://www.nowpublishers.com/article/Details/HPE-0015 2

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Avatar Daniel Gallardo @DanielGalAlb·

24 Nov

Good health and education result in prosperous lives. @WHO & @UN recognize this and promote healthcare and education 4 all. But, what determines access to these? Bolt (@UniGroningenFEB) & co. answer this for Sub-Saharan Africa. 1/5
#econhist #development
https://lrhmatters.com/drivers-of-health/modern-healthcare-and-education-roots-in-africa

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