Author Archives: aphinetwork

Welcome to the African Population History Network (APHiN)!

“You may, no doubt, find it odd that to answer the two questions forming the core of our subject — ‘Where are we?’ and ‘Where are we headed?’ — we begin by answering a third: ‘Where were we yesterday and the day before?’. This reference to the past is, however, essential, for it alone can tell us about the day after.”