Elite persistence in Sierra Leone: what can names tell us?

Can name analysis be used to study elite persistence in African contexts? Taking Sierra Leone as a case study, we use surnames to measure how two historical elites (descendants of settlers that comprise Sierra Leone’s Krio community and members of Chiefly Ruling Houses) have fared over the postcolon...

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Main Authors: Dupraz, Y, Simson, R
格式: Working paper
語言:English
出版: Africa Economic History Network 2023