Counting Souls: Towards an historical demography of Africa

<b>Background</b>: Little is known about even the relatively recent demographic history of Africa, because of the lack of data. Elsewhere, historical demographic trends have been reconstructed by applying family reconstitution to church records. Such data also exist throughout Africa fro...

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Main Author: Sarah Walters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2016-01-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol34/3/