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The trans-Atlantic slave trade and local political fragmentation in Africa

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  • Nonso Obikili

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I examine the possibility that the trans-Atlantic slave trades influenced the political institutions of villages and towns in precolonial Africa. Using anthropological data, I show that villages and towns of ethnic groups with higher slave exports were more politically fragmented during the precolonial era. I use instrumental variables to show that the relationship is at […]
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  • Nonso Obikili, 2016. "The trans-Atlantic slave trade and local political fragmentation in Africa," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 69(4), pages 1157-1177, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ehsrev:v:69:y:2016:i:4:p:1157-1177
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    1. Whatley, Warren C., 2018. "The gun-slave hypothesis and the 18th century British slave trade," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 80-104.
    2. Leoné Walters & Carolyn Chisadza & Matthew Clance, 2024. "Slave trades, kinship structures and women's political participation in Africa," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 77(3), pages 734-758, August.
    3. Obikili, Nonso, 2022. "Tubers and its Role in Historic Political Fragmentation in Africa," MPRA Paper 113201, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    4. Archibong, Belinda, 2019. "Explaining divergence in the long-term effects of precolonial centralization on access to public infrastructure services in Nigeria," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 123-140.

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    • N4 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation
    • N47 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Africa; Oceania

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