‘Innovation and the African past’

25-27 October 2017 • Stellenbosch, South Africa

Programme-in-briefTuesday, 24 Oct.16:00 | Annual General Meeting, EHSSA | 207B, Schumann

Wednesday, 25 Oct.12:30-15:00 | AEHN Council meeting | Big Easy 18:00-19:00 | LEAP Lecture: Emmanuel Akyeampong | 2058, Van der Sterr19:00-20:00 | Welcoming reception

Thursday, 26 Oct.08:00-09:00 | Registration | STIAS09:00-10:00 | Plenary address: Lisa Cook 10:00-11:00 | Parallel 1A Parallel 1B Parallel 1C 11:00-11:30 | Tea 11:30-12:30 | Parallel 2A Parallel 2B Parallel 2C 12:30-13:30 | Lunch 13:30-14:30 | Parallel 3A Parallel 3B14:30-15:30 | Parallel 4A Parallel 4B Parallel 4C15:30-16:00 | Tea 16:00-17:00 | Parallel 5A Parallel 5B 19:00-21:00 | Graduate dinner | Middelvlei

Friday, 27 Oct.09:00-10:00 | Panel: Methodological innovation in AEH | STIAS10:00-11:00 | Parallel 6A Parallel 6B11:00-11:30 | Tea 11:30-12:30 | Parallel 7A Parallel 7B 12:30-13:30 | Lunch 13:30-14:30 | Parallel 8A Parallel 8B 14:30-15:00 | Tea 15:00-16:00 | Plenary address: Trudi Makhaya17:30-19:00 | Jay-Jay Okocha Trophy soccer match | Coetzenburg

Parallel sessions last for one hour. Three speakers are scheduled in each slot. Presenters have 15 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for questions. If speakers prefer to field more questions, they should shorten

their presentations. The last presenter in each session will serve as session chair.

‘Innovation and the African past’

25-27 October 2017 • Stellenbosch, South Africa

Registration:The main programme will be held at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, STIAS (10 Marais Rd). Registration opens at 08:00 on 26 October at STIAS.

Jay-Jay Okocha Trophy soccer match:Participants are invited to join the annual soccer (football) game on Friday afternoon. Please indicate your interest to Jan Greyling (jancg@sun.ac.za). This event will be held at the Coetzenburg sports fields, just behind the athletics stadium.

LEAP Lecture and welcoming reception:The second annual LEAP Lecture, hosted by Stellenbosch’s Laboratory for the Economics of Africa’s Past, will be presented by Prof Emmanuel Akyeampong in Room 2058 of the Van der Sterr building, at 18:00 on Wednesday evening. The lecture will be followed by a welcoming reception to commence the AEHN meet-ings.

Graduate dinner:A sponsored dinner for graduate students will be hosted at Middelvlei wine farm. A traditional South Af-rican “braai” dinner will be served. Transport to the venue will be arranged. Please contact Calumet Links (calumet.links@gmail.com) for further information.

Spatial Econometrics Workshop:Increasingly, economic historians are using spatial data in their analysis. This course, held from 30 October to 3 November, will provide an introduction to spatial econometric modelling. Please contact Dieter von Fintel (dieter2@sun.ac.za) for further information.

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rgen

erat

iona

l Mob

ility

in th

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esen

ce o

f Mea

sure

men

t Err

or

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lth M

obili

ty in

the

Cape

Col

ony

And

ers

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en |

Inno

vati

on in

the

Face

of

Hyp

erin

flati

on: F

rom

Fre

nch

Rev

olut

ion

to th

e Zi

mba

bwea

n Cr

isis

– A

com

para

tive

ana

lysi

s

Session 1, Room A

Sam

uel I

gbat

ayo

| St

ruct

ural

Adj

ustm

nent

Pr

ogra

ms i

n A

fric

a’s H

isto

rica

l Con

text

: A

Mul

ti-C

ount

ry st

udy

of C

ote

D’Iv

oire

, Nig

eria

and

Moz

ambi

que

Tim

othy

Nga

land

e |

The

Impa

ct o

f the

Gre

at

Dep

ress

ion

on A

fric

a

Non

so O

biki

li |

Col

onia

lists

, Tax

atio

n an

d Pu

nish

men

t: Pr

ison

s and

Lab

our C

oerc

ion

in

Brit

ish

Colo

nial

Wes

t Afr

ica

Session 2, Room A

Mat

tia

Ber

tazz

ini |

Cul

tiva

ting

the

‘Fou

rth

Shor

e’:

The

Impa

ct o

f Ita

lian

Agr

icul

tura

l Set

tlem

ent i

n Li

bya,

c. 1

920-

2000

Calu

met

Lin

ks |

Man

ifest

Des

tiny

: Did

the

Adv

ance

men

t of t

he C

ape

Colo

nial

Fro

ntie

r Stu

nt

Long

-Ter

m E

cono

mic

Gro

wth

?

Fed

eric

o Ta

dei |

Shr

inki

ng M

argi

ns?

Colo

nial

Tr

ade

and

Prim

ary

Com

mod

ity

Spec

ializ

atio

n in

Su

b-Sa

hara

n A

fric

a, 1

880-

1940

Session 3, Room A

Prin

ce A

boag

ye |

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ood

Tim

es a

nd in

Bad

: G

row

th, S

tagn

atio

n an

d In

com

e In

equa

lity

in

Gha

na

Sasc

ha K

lock

e| F

orm

al S

ecto

r Ine

qual

ity

in

Brit

ish

Tang

anyi

ka, 1

916-

1961

Gar

eth

Aus

tin

| G

hana

’s Ec

onom

ic G

row

th S

ince

In

depe

nden

ce, 1

957-

2011

: Why

the

Colla

pse,

Why

th

e R

ecov

ery?

Session 1, Room B

Pete

r U

ledi

| A

War

of M

an A

gain

st L

ocus

t! L

ocus

t In

vasi

ons a

nd A

nti-L

ocus

t Inn

ovat

ions

in S

alis

bury

, So

uthe

rn R

hode

sia,

191

8-19

51

God

frey

Hov

e |

Mis

guid

ed In

nova

tion

? Li

bera

lisa-

tion

, Pri

vati

sati

on a

nd th

e D

airy

Indu

stry

in Z

imba

-bw

e, 1

991-

2016

Dav

id O

lake

n |

Trad

e O

penn

ess a

nd E

cono

mic

Pr

ospe

rity

in S

outh

Afr

ica:

pre

- and

pos

t-19

94

anal

ysis

Session 2, Room B

Ros

e M

alem

ela

| Th

e Co

mpl

exit

y in

Rep

osse

ssio

n o

f Sub

sist

ence

Agr

icul

tura

l Eco

nom

y in

Sou

th A

fric

a:

A Ca

se o

f Rur

al A

reas

in L

impo

po

Mic

hiel

de

Haa

s |

Res

ourc

e En

dow

men

ts a

nd A

gric

ultu

ral C

omm

erci

aliz

atio

n in

Col

onia

l Afr

ica:

Did

Lab

our S

easo

nalit

y an

d Fo

od S

ecui

rty

Dri

ve U

gand

a’s C

ootn

Rev

olut

ion?

Jan

Gre

ylin

g |

Mov

ing

Mat

ters

: The

Spat

ial

Rea

lloca

tion

of S

outh

Afr

ican

Mai

ze P

rodu

ctio

n

Session 3, Room B

Vic

tor

Gw

ande

| S

econ

dary

Indu

stry

and

Set

tler

Colo

nial

ism

: Sou

ther

n R

hode

sia

Befo

re a

nd A

fter

UD

I

Mar

k N

yand

oro

| D

ecom

pres

sing

His

tory

: To

war

ds a

His

toir

e Lo

ng D

uree

of A

gric

ultu

ral

Dev

elop

men

t in

Zim

babw

e

Mek

onne

n Ay

ano

| Et

hiop

ia: h

ow th

e hi

stor

ical

/po

litic

al co

ntex

t mat

ters

Session 1, Room C

Mar

cus

Kur

tz |

Pro

pert

y, R

egul

atio

n an

d In

equa

lity

in S

outh

Afr

ica

Sara

Ton

ini |

Eth

nic D

iver

sity

and

En

trep

rene

ursh

ip: E

vide

nce

from

Pos

t-A

part

heid

So

uth

Afr

ica

Vim

al R

anch

hod

| Th

e La

bour

Mar

ket E

ffect

s of

Bein

g W

hite

in S

outh

Afr

ica

Und

er A

part

heid

: an

IV

Esti

mat

e fr

om th

e Ca

pe P

rovi

nce

Session 2, Room C

Mor

ten

Jerv

en |

The

Wea

lth a

nd P

over

ty o

f A

fric

an st

ates

: Eco

nom

ic G

row

th, L

ivin

g St

anda

rds

and

Taxa

tion

in A

fric

a Si

nce

the

19th

Cen

tury

Bel

inda

Arc

hibo

ng |

Taxa

tion

and

Pub

lic S

ervi

ce

Prov

isio

n U

nder

Aut

ocra

cy a

nd E

lect

oral

A

utho

rita

rian

sim

Abe

l Gw

aind

epi |

The

‘Min

eral

s-R

ailw

ay C

ompl

ex’

and

the

Shap

ing

of C

olon

ial P

ublic

Exp

endi

ture

s:

Evid

ence

from

the

Brit

ish

Cape

Col

ony,

182

0-19

10

Session 5, Room A

Dav

id B

ijst

erbo

sch

|The

Mill

ion

Ster

ling

Que

stio

n

Edw

ard

Ker

by |

Equ

alit

y of

Cap

ital

ism

: Lim

ited

Liab

ility

Com

pani

es in

Col

onia

l Sou

th A

fric

a

Sine

Mkh

ize

| Im

peri

al B

anks

in S

outh

Afr

ica,

18

61-1

914:

Did

Net

wor

ks A

ffect

the

Succ

ess

of t

hese

Ban

ks?

Session 5, Room B

Ang

us D

alry

mpl

e-Sm

ith

| A

Com

para

tive

His

tory

of C

omm

erci

al T

rans

itio

n in

thre

e W

est

Afr

ican

Sla

ve-E

xpor

ting

Eco

nom

ies,

163

0-18

60

Igor

Mar

tins

| S

lave

Tra

de A

ct 1

807:

How

D

oes a

n Im

port

Ban

Impa

ct C

onsu

mer

’s Be

havi

our?

Mic

hiel

de

Haa

s |

Did

Coe

rciv

e or

Con

duci

ve

Polic

ies D

rive

Cot

ton

Expo

rts f

rom

20t

h ce

ntur

y Su

b-Sa

hara

n A

fric

a?

Session 4, Room A

Fara

i Nyi

ka |

Com

plic

atin

g th

e na

rrat

ive

of d

isen

-fr

anch

isem

ent i

n th

e Ca

pe C

olon

y 18

87-1

909

Kar

in P

alla

ver

| Fi

ghti

ng A

gain

st T

ropi

cal C

limat

e an

d W

hite

Ant

s: In

nova

tion

s in

the

Prod

ucti

on o

f Co

ins a

nd N

otes

for t

he E

ast A

fric

an co

loni

es

Mar

ie L

echl

er |

Dec

entr

aliz

ed D

espo

tism

? In

dire

ct C

olon

ial R

ule

and

Cont

empo

rary

D

emoc

rati

c Att

itud

es in

Nam

ibia

Session 4, Room B

Chri

stie

Vil

joen

| F

rom

Ear

ly H

isto

ry to

the

Pre

sent

: Ide

ntif

ying

Fiv

e Pe

riod

s of I

nsti

tuti

onal

Ch

ange

in R

wan

da U

sing

the

Crit

ical

Tra

nsit

ions

Fr

amew

ork

Mar

ina

Ngo

ma

| Th

e Ch

arac

teri

sati

on o

f the

Pre

-Col

onia

l Eco

nom

y of

the

Kin

gdom

of K

ongo

: a

Two-

Step

Heu

rist

ic A

ppro

ach

Bhe

ki M

ngom

ezul

u |

The

Rel

evan

ce o

f Pr

e-Co

loni

al A

fric

a’s E

xper

ienc

e in

Add

ress

ing

Pre

sent

Eco

nom

ic P

redi

cam

ents

Session 4, Room C

Laur

a Ph

illi

ps |

Bui

ldin

g th

e Ba

ntus

tan:

Pr

efer

enti

al P

rocu

rem

ent a

nd th

e M

akin

g of

a

Mar

ket i

n Le

bow

a, 1

972-

1994

Gri

etjie

Ver

hoef

| S

tate

and

Mar

ket:

SOEs

in

Afr

ica

sinc

e th

e O

peni

ng U

p of

M

arke

ts, 1

990s

-201

5

Ush

ehw

edu

Kuf

akur

inan

i | F

isca

l and

Mon

etar

y In

ovat

ions

in C

risi

s

Session 6, Room A

Feli

x M

eier

zu

Selh

ause

n |

The

Colo

nial

Roo

ts

of A

fric

an G

ende

r Ine

qual

ity:

Mis

sion

arie

s, M

arke

ts

and

Mar

riag

e

Jean

ne C

illi

ers

| Fa

mily

Lab

our a

nd H

ouse

hold

Co

nsum

ptio

n on

the

Sout

h A

fric

an F

ront

ier

Mar

ia F

ibae

k |

Euro

pean

Lar

ge-S

cale

Far

min

g in

Co

loni

al K

enya

and

the

Crea

tion

of a

Dua

l Eco

nom

y,

c. 1

920-

1963

Session 6, Room B

Han

aan

Mar

wah

| In

stit

utio

nal F

ailu

re o

r an

Uns

usta

inab

le D

ebt B

urde

n? F

inan

cing

and

M

anag

emen

t of G

hana

Sta

te-O

wne

d El

ectr

icit

y D

istr

ibut

ion,

196

0-20

02

Leig

h G

ardn

er |

Sov

erei

gnty

for S

ale?

Li

beri

an S

trat

egie

s for

Eco

nom

ic S

urvi

val i

n th

e Tw

enti

eth

Cent

ury

Dam

ilol

a A

deba

yo |

Ele

ctri

city

, Eco

nom

y an

d So

ciet

y in

Sou

ther

n N

iger

ia, 1

896-

1972

: Pr

elim

inar

y Fi

ndin

gs

Session 7, Room A

Gia

nluc

a Po

dest

a &

Don

atel

la S

tran

gio

| E

cono

mic

Org

anis

atio

n a

nd In

stit

utio

ns in

the

Form

er It

alia

n Co

loni

es d

urin

g th

e Ea

rly

Post

-War

Era

. and

thei

r re

purc

ussi

ons o

n It

aly

duri

ng th

e EE

C Pe

riod

Feli

cita

s B

ecke

r |

Rur

al In

nova

tion

and

In

stit

utio

nal A

mne

sia

in L

indi

, Tan

zani

aTa

wan

da C

hing

ozha

| M

otiv

atio

n, R

isks

and

C

lass

Effe

cts o

f Lan

d Po

licy

in a

Col

ony:

Les

sons

from

So

uthe

rn R

hode

sia

Session 7, Room B

Ken

Opa

lo |

Mak

ing

Impo

rted

Inst

itut

ions

Wor

k:

The

Long

-Run

Impa

ct o

f Col

onia

l Leg

isla

ture

s on

Polit

ical

Dev

elop

men

t in

Afr

ica

And

rew

Dic

kens

| E

thno

lingu

isti

c Fav

orit

ism

in

Afr

ican

Pol

itic

s

Jutt

a B

olt

| Le

gaci

es o

f Ind

irec

t Rul

e? N

ativ

e A

utho

rity

Spe

ndin

g an

d Lo

cal E

cono

mic

D

evel

opm

ent i

n Br

itis

h A

fric

a

Session 8, Room A

Reb

ecca

Sim

pson

| E

duca

tion

Ineq

ualit

y an

d S

ocia

l Mob

ility

in P

ostc

olon

ial E

ast A

fric

a

Joha

nnes

Nor

ling

| N

atur

al D

isas

ters

and

Edu

cati

onal

Att

ainm

ent i

n A

fric

a

Serv

aas

van

der

Ber

g |

His

tori

cal T

rend

s in

the

Dem

and

for E

duca

tion

in C

ount

ries

of t

he S

outh

A

fric

an C

usto

ms U

nion

Session 8, Room B

Econ

omic

His

tory

of D

evel

opin

g R

egio

nsw

ill p

ubli

sh a

spe

cial

issu

eon

Afr

ican

eco

nom

ic h

isto

ry in

201

8.

Rem

embe

r to

sub

mit

your

pap

er o

nM

anus

crip

tCen

tral

.

Emmanuel Akyeampong is professor of history and African and African American Studies, and the Oppenheimer Fac-ulty Director of the Harvard University Center for African Studies at Harvard University. He will present the second

annuel LEAP Lecture on “African Socialism”, or an Indigenous Model of Economic Development?

Lisa Cook is associate professor of economics and inter-national relations at Michigan State University. She is primarily interested in macroeconomics, development economics, and economic history. She also studies the economics of innovation and financial institutions and crises.

Trudi Makhaya is CEO of Makhaya Advisory, a research, advisory and stakeholder engagement firm. The firm acts as a consultant and advisor on competition regu-lation, economic policy, business strategy and stake-holder relations. Trudi holds an MBA and an MSc in Development Economics from Oxford University, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar. She also holds degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, including an MCom in Economics and a BCom (Law).

Our plenaries:

A panel session on ‘Methodological innovations in African economic history’ will be held on Friday at 09:00. The discussants are Belinda Archibong (Barnard College), Jutta Bolt (Lund University), Leigh Gardner (LSE) and Ushehwedu Kufakurinani (University of Zimbabwe). Johan Fourie (Stellenbosch University) will moderate the discussion.

Panel discussion: