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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.

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Avatar Daniel Gallardo @DanielGalAlb·

17 Oct

Hi everyone! Today I start a project -- Long-Run Health Matters -- that provides summaries on long-term health progress and its unequal distribution by leading experts. Thankful to @NWO_SSH & @tylercowen for funding! Pls RT & follow 👇to spread the word! https://twitter.com/LRHealthMatters/status/1449682052811567106

Long-Run Health Matters@LRHealthMatters

Hello World!! Welcome to Long-Run Health Matters, a research portal on long-run health progress and its unequal distribution across countries. Check out our website to learn more about it from leading experts in the field!

https://lrhmatters.com/

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Avatar QJE @QJEHarvard·

12 Oct

#QJE Nov 2021 #2: “Concessions, Violence, and Indirect Rule: Evidence from the Congo Free State" by Lowes (@sararlowes) and Montero (@emontero_CR): https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjab021

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Avatar Benoît Henriet @HenrietBenoit·

15 Oct

Very thrilled - but also slightly anxious - to present my book today in Brussels! Many thanks @bernault and Thomas Hendriks to discuss it, and @RabeaRi to present the 'Africa in Global History' series. If you attend please don't forget your proof of vaccination!

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to the African Economic History Network

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AEHN Newsletter #51 August

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Blog: Frontiers in African Economic History

Reconstructing Income Inequality in a Colonial Cash Crop Economy: Five Social Tables for Uganda, 1925–1965

AEHN Textbook Project

AEHN Working Papers

Slave Trades, Kinship Structures and Women Political Participation in Africa

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

Measuring historical inequality in Africa: What can we learn from social tables?

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