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scramble for Africa: a standalone construct

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scramblefor Africa1 CONSTRUCTScramble for AfricaMICHALOPOULOS · ECONOMIC

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Economic history

the late nineteenth-century European partition of Africa, whose borders split ethnic homelands and are linked to later conflict.

In economic history, scramble for Africa refers to the late nineteenth-century European partition of Africa, whose borders split ethnic homelands and are linked to later conflict. This meaning comes from Michalopoulos (2016) in American Economic Review.[1]

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References

  1. Michalopoulos, S., & Papaioannou, E. (2016). The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa. American Economic Review, 106(7), 1802-1848. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20131311

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