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Title:Demographic Considerations in East Africa during the Nineteenth Century
Author:Hartwig, Gerald W.
Year:1979
Periodical:International Journal of African Historical Studies
Volume:12
Issue:4
Pages:653-672
Language:English
Geographic term:East Africa
Subjects:censuses
1800-1899
History and Exploration
colonialism
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/218071
Abstract:In East Africa the fundamental demographic question of the nineteenth century remains unanswered: was there population growth, stability, or decline? A satisfactory assessment of demographic patterns in East Africa during the nineteenth century is premature. The assembled knowledge is still too meagre to identify the important variables, let alone determine the impact they may have had. There are also very important regional differences. Nevertheless, two variables which must be included in any discussion of this question are droughts and subsequent famines, and epidemic diseases (cholera, smallpox). The author surveys some of the available evidence on these two variables. Notes.
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