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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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Morten Jerven @MJerven·

13 Nov

Very excited to learn that A.G Hopkins published a second edition of his classic "Economic History of West Africa". Foundational text for economic historians of Africa, and a personal inspiration for me. A new 15k word essay introduces the volume, which I am relishing to read.

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African Economic History Network (AEHN)@AfEconHis·

31 Oct

African EH keeps growing! Last week ended @AfEconHis Annual Meeting 2019 at @UniBarcelona with 95 papers presented. Thanks to @alfoherranz & @FedericoTadei for hosting us. The 2020 Meeting will take place at University of the Free State, Bloemfontein in #SouthAfrica @UFSUpdates

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Felix Meier zu Selhausen @FelixMzS1·

31 Oct

Glad to have contributed to the @PalgraveEcon book "Globalization and the Rise of Mass-Education", edited by David Mitch & @gabercappe with my chapter on missions in colonial #Africa. Thanks to the editors & @MichieldeHaas for great comments! @AfEconHis https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-25417-9_2

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Welcome…

to the African Economic History Network

Our Mission

Annual Meeting

Latest Newsletter

Newsletter #45 November 2019

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AEHN Newsletter

Funding

The network is currently funded by:

Blog: Frontiers in African Economic History

Factor Endowments on the ‘Frontier’: Algerian Settler Agriculture at the Beginning of the 1900

AEHN Textbook Project

AEHN Working Papers

The Economics of Missionary Expansion: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development

Missions, Education and Conversion in Colonial Africa

The Great Divergence in South Africa: Population and Wealth Dynamics over two Centuries

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