Rebecca Simson

Africa’s Lost Decades, 1974-1994 – African Economic History Network

My contribution to the AEHN open access textbook on African economic history is out! Africa’s Lost Decades, 1974-1994 www.aehnetwork.org/textbook/afr...

Elite Persistence in Africa: Historical Perspectives, State of Knowledge and the Path Forward – African Economic History Network

Are African elites longstanding, or nouveau riche? In a new AEHN working paper I review some of the debates about- and channels through which elites are reproduced and renewed, in the context of African history.

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Black middle class wealth in South Africa and Kenya Those coming from Black middle class backgrounds in South Africa and Kenya were prevented from owning many types of assets under colonial rule and Apartheid. How have these groups come to share in …

How have Black middle class South Africans and Kenyans come to share in the wealth stock of their nations since colonial rule and Apartheid? @rebeccasimson.bsky.social explores in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog