International peer-reviewed journal publishing essays in English, French and Portuguese on the economic history of Africa. @UWiscPress. Send us your manuscript!
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Our new issue 53.2 is out🥳 We will be highlighting the articles and authors from it in our upcoming posts!!!
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"History at the End of History: Inequality and Discourse in the Age of Reimperialism" Hobsbawm Memorial Lecture by historian Toby Green at @BirkbeckUoL on June 18, 2026, 18:00, more information and registration here ⬇️bbk.ac.uk/events/event/62272… #slaveryarchive
In, "La société agraire du sultanat de Sennar" University of Quebec's Gabriel Beauchamp analyzes how the Sennar Sultanate was organised around the practice of agriculture and the control of agriculture.
Read the #openaccess article in issue 53.2 here muse.jhu.edu/article/986545
In "The Two Quilengues and the Baculamento Taxation System," @CAS_SOAS Esteban Salas traces the entanglements of two African chiefdoms with the expansion of Portuguese colonialism, slavery, and taxation in 18th c. Angola.
Read the #openaccess article here: muse.jhu.edu/article/986544
African Economic History retweeted
New issue of @AfricanEconHist is physically here with articles by Cheikh Sène and Esteban Salas, and others, and the brand-new book reviews section. If you have manuscripts in EN, FR, and POR on topics related to African economic history, consider submitting them to the journal.
In AEH 53.2, @WestfieldState's Adeyinka Banwo shows how local farmers in Ilorin grew food crops instead of cash crops despite efforts by British administrators and how "food itself became a cash crop."
Read the article available on #openaccess here muse.jhu.edu/article/986543
We are pleased to highlight Dr. Cheikh Sene @kheus555 new article, "Organiser et Réguler les Marchés de Captifs et de Gomme Arabique en Sénégambie."
It is available in open access here: muse.jhu.edu/article/986542
Dr. Sene is a postdoctoral research fellow at @GettyMuseum
ALT A close up photo of Dr. Cheikh Sene with a slight smile. He is wearing a blue dress shirt covered with a navy blue sweater.
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CFP: AEH welcomes submissions in English, French and Portuguese from all disciplines that relate to the economic history of African societies from precolonial times to the present. AEH is also interested in proposals for thematic special issues. Please send us your work!
CFP: AEH welcomes submissions in English, French and Portuguese from all disciplines that relate to the economic history of African societies from precolonial times to the present. AEH is also interested in proposals for thematic special issues. Please send us your work!
For further information about African Economic History and the submission process, please visit the journal’s website at uwpress.wisc.edu/journals/jo… We publish work in any of the following thematic fields of African History:
Attending @ASANewsOnline 2025 Annual Meeting in Atlanta? Keep an eye out for AEH Editor and 2023 ASA Best Book Prize winner Mariana Candido @CandidoMarianaP Inquire about submitting the work you'll be presenting to AEH and organising special issues with us!
Read Leigh Gardner's article, "Trade and Money in British West Africa" a monetary history of the seasonal demand for currency and how multiple currencies existed in West Africa beyond the establishment of colonial rule and colonial currencies. Available in #OpenAccess issue 53.1.
We are pleased to announce our new Special Issue 53.1 which is OPEN ACCESS thanks to support from @KanazawaUniv Our guest editors Gareth Austin and Toyomu Masaki @GlobalEconTribe on Currency Transitions in West Africa. We will be highlighting articles from it in the coming days!
You can access the #openaccess article here... muse.jhu.edu/article/962969
It was an exciting time at the 18th African Economic History Network Annual Meeting in Maseru, Lesotho📷 with the theme "Disruptions and Resilience in African Economic Transformations." The conference attracted over a hundred scholars of African Economic History.
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1. Governor of the Central Bank of 🇱🇸 Dr. Emmanuel Letete delivers a keynote lecture.
2. Dr. Godfrey Hove, head of @nul_roma Department of Historical Studies delivers welcoming remarks.
3. Prof. Gareth Austin chairs a panel.
4. Gareth Austin & Rene Odanga.
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If you are attending the meeting of the @ASANewsOnline later this month, join us on Nov 21 for the panel Author meets critic on the book The Heretic of Cacheu (@UChicagoPress) by historian Toby Green sponsored by the @ASRJournal (cc @AfricanEconHist)
We're gearing up for the 18th Annual Meeting of @AfEconHis in Maseru🇱🇸 from 30-31st Oct next week! Our editorial assistant Rene Odanga (LEFT) will be there looking forward to meeting with scholars of African Economic History. Reach out to him about submitting your work to AEH!
Read the article "Crises and Adaptation" by Prof. Ayodeji Olukoju of The University of Lagos. The article studies the transition to colonial currencies and how various actors responded and adapted in early 20th Century Nigeria. It is from our latest #OpenAccess issue 53.1.
We are proud to spotlight "Crossing Borders, Counting Coins" by Domenico Cristofaro of @Unibo and Seiji Nakao of @Africa_Kyoto_U from our #OpenAccess issue 53.1. It focusses on the consequences of colonial fiscal policies on cross-border African monetary practices.
We are pleased to announce our new Special Issue 53.1 which is OPEN ACCESS thanks to support from @KanazawaUniv Our guest editors Gareth Austin and Toyomu Masaki @GlobalEconTribe on Currency Transitions in West Africa. We will be highlighting articles from it in the coming days!