Secondary Industry and Settler Colonialism

Ian Phimister is Senior University Research Professor and Head of the International Studies Group at the University of the Free State in South Africa. An economic historian who has written extensively on Central and Southern African topics, as well as on patterns of British overseas investment, he has held positions at the Universities of Zambia, Cape Town, Oxford, and Sheffield.

Victor Gwande is currently a PhD Candidate in Africa Studies at the International Studies Group, Center for Africa Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa. He also holds a BA Honours in Economic History from the University of Zimbabwe and an MA in Africa Studies from the University of the Free State. He has research interests in economic and business history, youth, democracy and governance. He has also published in regional journals.