Africa's Development in Historical Perspective - Paperbackby Emmanuel Akyeampong (Editor), Robert H. Bates (Editor), Nathan Nunn (Editor) This edited volume addresses the root causes of Africa's persistent poverty through an investigation of its longue dur e history. It interrogates the African past through disease and demography, institutions and governance, African economies and the impact of the export slave trade, colonialism, Africa in the world economy, and culture's influence on accumulation and