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.

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AEHN Newsletter #49 February

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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:

Blog: Frontiers in African Economic History


Numeracy Development in Africa: New Evidence from a Long-Term Perspective (1730-1970)

Gabriele Cappelli and Jörg Baten - 12 February 2021

Historical events are fundamental determinants of economic performance (Allen 2011). However, until recently, research in quantitative economic history has mainly focused on today’s high- and middle-income economies. This lack of research is particularly evident for the African continent. However, some...
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AEHN Textbook Project

AEHN Working Papers


Why Africa is not that poor

Ewout Frankema

The fruits of the boom: real wages and housing costs in Dakar, Senegal (1914-1960)

Tom Westland

The failure of cotton imperialism in Africa: Did agricultural seasonality undermine colonial exports?

Michiel de Haas

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