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Decolonizing with Data

In: Handbook of Cliometrics

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  • Johan Fourie

    (Stellenbosch University
    Stellenbosch University)

  • Nonso Obikili

    (Stellenbosch University)

Abstract

Our understanding of Africa’s economic past – the causes and consequences of precolonial polities, the slave trade, state formation, the Scramble for Africa, European settlement, and independence – has improved markedly over the last two decades. Much of this is the result of the cliometric turn in African economic history, what some have called a “renaissance.” While acknowledging that cliometrics is not new to African history, this chapter examines the major recent contributions, noting their methodological advances and dividing them into four broad themes: persistence of deep traits, slavery, colonialism, and independence. We conclude with a brief bibliometric exercise, noting the lack of Africans working at the frontier of African cliometrics.

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  • Johan Fourie & Nonso Obikili, 2024. "Decolonizing with Data," Springer Books, in: Claude Diebolt & Michael Haupert (ed.), Handbook of Cliometrics, edition 3, pages 2635-2659, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-35583-7_69
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35583-7_69
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