Fertility, Mortality, and Migration in Subsaharan Africa: The Case of Ovamboland in North Namibia, 1925-90
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by Veijo Notkola
Fertility, Mortality, and Migration in Subsaharan Africa: The Case of Ovamboland in North Namibia, 1925-90 FROM THE PUBLISHER 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.
FROM THE CRITICS Booknews Drawing on continuous parish records dating from the 1920s, this study analyzes the development of fertility, mortality, and internal migration in north Namibia among the Christian population from the 1920s to the 1990s, and tries to understand the cultural, social, economic, and political factors affecting population growth. Notkola is affiliated with Statistics Finland. Siiskonen teaches history at the University of Joensuu, Finland. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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