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I mostly enjoyed this novel but what ruined my suspension of disbelief was not buildings coming to life or flying spirits but the idea of a Basotho miner in 1990s South Africa deciding to "ask his boss for a raise" after he had a child.

📣The African Economic History Annual Meeting 2025 takes places at the National University of Lesotho, 30-31 October 2025. 🇱🇸🌄 Paper submissions and guidelines here: aehnetwork.org/textbook/

I'm excited to share that I’ll be presenting the second chapter of my PhD thesis at the Economic and Social History Workshop at the University of Cambridge! Looking forward to the discussion. #EconHist

A sign of the state of the country at the moment

Great to see my work featured on the AEHN blog! My article examines how factor endowments and monopsony power shaped the transition away from forced labour in Angola’s diamond mines. Read more below! ⛏️🇦🇴⬇️Thanks also to Johan Fourie, Jonathan Schoots, and Bronwen Everill whose

📰🌍New AEHN WP No. 79 by Rebecca Simson on: "Elite Persistence in Africa: Historical Perspectives, State of Knowledge and the Path Forward" aehnetwork.org/working-papers…

⏳ Still time to register! Join us for the launch of the ‘Intergenerational Social Mobility in Mozambique’ report on Feb 26. Learn about social mobility in #education, #occupation and well-being in #Mozambique. See more: go.unu.edu/wgq3O

The Big Kisses open.spotify.com/album/2NURZpQ8…

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I have announced "Origins of Colonialism" in a previous post. This short work (or long article) is now available to read and download for free until 27 March cambridge.org/core/elements/…

Can minimum wages help reduce inequality in India? This Ideas for India blog by Saloni Khurana, kanika mahajan, and kunal sen finds that rising minimum wages accounted for 26% of the decline in wage inequality—without harming employment. Read the blog here: go.unu.edu/8UxtT

Gran experiencia asistiendo a los paneles del viernes en el Workshop on Disseminating Economic History en la Universidad de Stellenbosch 🇿🇦📚 Gracias a Johan Fourie por la invitación. El campus y la ciudad me regalaron postales inolvidables 🌿✨

France owes 30 billion euros to Haïti In 1825, the French state imposed a tribute on Haiti to compensate slave owners for their loss of property. It is now time to start concrete discussions about restitution. lemonde.fr/blog/piketty/2…

In Luanda for the launch of this edited volume on #Angola after Dos Santos, in Portuguese & English with contributions by Angolan & foreign scholars. Both versions in the link. My chapter is on the politics of public memory 50 years after independence. cmi.no/publications/9…

“In 2025, South Africans spent close to – if not more than – R1 trillion on sports betting. The total annual income of South African households in 2023 was R4.3 trillion” - Johan Fourie

A new working paper constructing Quarterly GDP for Ireland since 1950 (from Rebecca Stuart and I). We join these with the first official numbers (1995). The 50s + 80s look even worse, and the 90s show up as a distinctive break after a rocky start. quceh.org.uk/uploads/1/0/5/…

Celebrating the end of the PhD with my two loyal Lusophone friends/translators — paid in beers and tremoços. Thanks for all the help with your beautiful, if occasionally cryptic, language. Now time to ask who has the better accent! 👀🇵🇹🇧🇷 #PhDone #tremoçosdiplomacy 🦉🦉