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Interview: Antony Hopkins
Antony G. Hopkins, Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Kate Frederick, Michiel de Haas and Rebecca Simson - January 30, 2020 in Frontiers in African Economic History

Professor Antony Hopkins, your revised, 2nd edition of An Economic History of West Africa (Routledge, 2019) was published this autumn. Why do you think this book has stood the test of time,...
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Interview: Emmanuel Akyeampong
Emmanuel Akyeampong and Michiel de Haas - February 12, 2018 in Frontiers in African Economic History

Professor Akyeampong, first of all, thank you for delivering a rich and thought-provoking keynote lecture on ‘African Socialism’ at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the AEHN last October in Stellenbosch. You mentioned...
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Interview: Paul Lovejoy
Paul E. Lovejoy and Felix Meier zu Selhausen - December 14, 2016 in Frontiers in African Economic History

Prof. Lovejoy, you held the keynote at the 2016 Meeting of the AEHN hosted by the University of Sussex. It was also your first attendance of the Annual Meeting of the AEHN. What was...
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Interview: Patrick Manning
Patrick Manning and Kate Frederick - June 21, 2016 in Frontiers in African Economic History

Patrick, you began your illustrious career in African economic history in the late 1960s. How has the field evolved over time? I completed my PhD in 1969 and published my first book,...
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Interview: Ewout Frankema
Ewout Frankema and Michiel de Haas - April 10, 2016 in Frontiers in African Economic History

Ewout, you were trained as a historian and economist and wrote your PhD thesis on inequality in Latin America. What made you invest so much of your professional energy in African economic...
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