Book Description
Scant evidence has been a major obstacle for studying historical demography in sub-Saharan Africa. Our certain knowledge of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the 20th century population development is based on a retrospective view of the post-Second World War censuses. In north Namibia the availability of continuous series of parish record data since the 1920as opens excellent possibilities to study population and development on a regional level by primary sources. This study analyzes, fertility, mortality, and internal migration in north Namibia among the Christian population from the mid-1920s to the 1990s.


About the Author
Veijo Notkola is Senior Researcher in the Department of Sociology at the University of Helsinki.

Harri Siiskonen is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Joensuu.

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Scanty evidence has been the major obstacle for studying historical demography in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our most certain knowledge of the development of nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century populations is based on a retrospective view of the post-Second World War censuses. In north Namibia the availability of continous parish records dating from the 1920s, offers excellent possibilities to study population development at a regional level using primary sources. The study focuses on analyzing the development of fertility, mortality and internal migration in north Namibia among the Christian population since the mid-1920s to the 1990s, and tries to understand cultural, social, economic and political factors affecting population development.

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