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Female Entrepreneurship in West Africa: Trends and Trajectories

Since the 1970s African market women have been in the spotlight, owing to a focus on the “informal economy”. Scholarly interest in female entrepreneurship has since also extended to historical perspectives on regional trade networks, above all in West Africa. The distinctions among African women (whether as slaves, peasants, farmers, traders, healers, or royalty) have […]
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Creole Societies in the Portuguese Colonial Empire

In 2004, a conference was held at King’s College London to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Charles Boxer. The theme of the conference was the development of the culturally mixed ‘Portuguese’ societies in Asia, Africa and America, which reflected Boxer’s own interest in the social history of Portugal’s overseas empire. Although the conference […]
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Administration and Taxation in former Portuguese Africa: 1900-1945

This book addresses a notable gap in the knowledge of Portuguese colonial administration and the policies implemented in the main territories of its “third” African empire: Angola, Mozambique and Guinea. In recent years, the question of colonial taxation has become a topic in the academic debate on colonial empires and has led to a comparative, […]
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Guinea Bissau’s Rural Economy and Society: a reassessment of colonial and postcolonial dynamics.

Guinea-Bissau’s rural economy shows striking historical continuities from the peanut-based monoculture in colonial times to the ‘cashew revolution’ after independence. Despite periods of armed conflict and decolonization, and changing economic policies, the resilience of producers and communities formed the dynamic pillar of Guinea-Bissau’s economy and society. The chapter focuses on ecological, socio-economic and historical trends […]
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