''African Economic History'' is an annual

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covering research on all aspects of the

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of the African past, including its

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, with an emphasis on

sub-Saharan Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and ...

, colonial and post-colonial themes. It was established in 1974 by the African Studies Program of the

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as the ''African Economic History Review'' and obtained its current title in 1976. Subsequently, it was associated with the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and Its Diasporas at

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. The journal is now published by the

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* African Economic History o
Project MUSE
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