Journal of African Economic History

Attending @asanewsonline.bsky.social 2025 Annual Meeting in Atlanta? Keep an eye out for AEH Editor and 2023 ASA Best Book Prize winner Mariana Candido. Inquire about submitting the work you'll be presenting to AEH and organising special issues with us! We hope to see you there!

You can access the #openaccess article here...
muse.jhu.edu/article/962969

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.
The article appears in our #OpenAccess issue 53.1.

Photos:
1. Governor of the Central Bank of 🇱🇸 Dr. Emmanuel Letete delivers a keynote lecture.
2. Dr. Godfrey Hove, head of National University of Lesotho's Department of Historical Studies delivers welcoming remarks.
3. Prof. Gareth Austin chairs a panel.
4. @gareth-austin.bsky.social & Rene Odanga.

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.

A photo of the African Economic History journal team. From Left to Right, editorial assistant Rene Odanga, Editor Mariana Candido, Journal Manager Chloe Lauer, and UW Press Journals Director Toni Gunnison at the African Studies Association Conference in Chicago 2024.

A close-up photo of AEH editorial assistant Rene Odanga. He is wearing a blue shirt, and smiling.

We're gearing up for the 18th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network 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 work to AEH!

Read the article "Crises and Adaptation" by Prof. Ayodeji Olukoju of The University of Lagos. It 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.

Access the article t.co/MfNizcGy6n

You can freely access the article here muse.jhu.edu/article/962967

We are proud to spotlight "Crossing Borders, Counting Coins" by Domenico Cristofaro of @unibo.it and Seiji Nakao of Kyoto University from our #OpenAccess issue 53.1. It focusses on the consequences of colonial fiscal policies on cross-border African monetary practices.

As we continue to spotlight work from our latest #OpenAccess issue 53.1, please make sure to submit your work in African Economic History to AEH! We would like to publish your work! We publish in English, French, and Portuguese!

For further information about African Economic History and the submission process, please visit the journal’s website at uwpress.wisc.edu/journals/jou...

We publish work in any of the following thematic fields of African History:

Submit your work to African Economic History!

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.

Read our guest editor Toyomu Masaki @toyomumasaki.bsky.social article, "The French Invasion of the Upper Senegal River and Payment Issues, 1880-1900" on colonial money supplies in 19th Century West Africa. Issue 53.1 is #OpenAccess thanks to the support of Dr. Masaki and Kanazawa University

You can access the #OpenAccess article here...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/19/artic...

Read our guest editor Toyomu Masaki @toyomumasaki.bsky.social article, "The French Invasion of the Upper Senegal River and Payment Issues, 1880-1900" on colonial money supplies in 19th Century West Africa. Issue 53.1 is #OpenAccess thanks to the support of Dr. Masaki and Kanazawa University

You can access the #OpenAccess issue here
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55035

We are pleased to announce our new Special Issue 53.1 which is #OpenAccess thanks to support from Kanazawa University Our guest editors @gareth-austin.bsky.social and @toyomumasaki.bsky.social on Currency Transitions in West Africa. We will be highlighting articles from it in the coming days!

African Economic History publishes scholarly essays in English, French, and Portuguese on the economic history of African societies from precolonial times to the present.

Send us your work!

aeh.uwpress.org

Our first issue of 2024 is out now!

muse.jhu.edu/issue/52590

Special Issue - 'Economic Sovereignty in South Africa' edited by Ndumiso Dladla and @anjuliwebster.bsky.social

Read the new piece by @anjuliwebster.bsky.social in #HistoryMatters on #FirstView: bit.ly/3T1QTPQ  #water #rivers #SouthernAfrica

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African Economic History publishes scholarly essays in English, French, and Portuguese on the economic history of African societies from precolonial times to the present.

Send us your work!

aeh.uwpress.org

African Economic History 51.2 is out now via Project Muse!

muse.jhu.edu/issue/51777

Keep an eye out for profiles of the exciting authors and new research on topics from African agriculture and road infrastructures to tobacco and tax in the coming weeks!

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