To what extent did sub‐Saharan Africa's twentieth century schooling revolution benefit boys
and girls equally? Using census data and a cohort approach, we examine gender gaps in …

This chapter traces the origins and long-term development of African mass education in
colonial sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, it addresses the unique role of Christian missions …

Refers to the export of enslaved Africans from the Atlantic coast of West Africa. The trade
began slowly during the 16th century after the arrival of Portuguese merchants on the coast …

The recent surge in computing power and access to data-processing software and online
resources enables historians to capture historical statistics on a much larger scale than …

This article aims to bridge the mainstream social science and the economic history
literatures on the drivers of gender equality across contexts. We discuss the explanations in …

We investigate the long-run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting (FGC) in
Africa. Our empirical analysis draws on historical data on the locations of early European …

Understanding wealth inequality has unique significance in South Africa. The co-existence
of extreme poverty and extreme wealth is starkly visible. Apartheid-era inequality has …

How and why did African households under colonial rule make the decision to educate their
children or not, and how did this micro-level decision making affect the diffusion of education …

This article uses Anglican marriage registers from colonial and post‐colonial Uganda to
investigate long‐term trends and determinants of intergenerational social mobility and …

Christian missions in colonial Africa have contributed significantly to the expansion of formal
education and thereby shaped the continent's long-term economic and political …