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The Political Economy of Postwar Southern Rhodesia

The 1949 Tobacco Tax Crisis

Sibanengi Ncube and Honest E. Koke
African Economic History, November 2023, 51 (2) 79-101; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.51.2.79
Sibanengi Ncube
Sibanengi Ncube (skancube{at}gmail.com) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the International Studies Group, University of the Free State in South Africa, with research interests in commodity histories in southern Africa and global production networks.
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Honest E. Koke
Honest E. Koke (honestduke{at}gmail.com) is a Research Associate at the University of the Free State, International Studies Group (ISG) Department. He researches fiscal and financial histories of Southern Africa.
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vol. 51 no. 2 79-101
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.51.2.79
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African Economic History
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0145-2258
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  • Published online November 6, 2023.
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  1. Sibanengi Ncube and
  2. Honest E. Koke
  1. Sibanengi Ncube (skancube{at}gmail.com) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the International Studies Group, University of the Free State in South Africa, with research interests in commodity histories in southern Africa and global production networks.
  2. Honest E. Koke (honestduke{at}gmail.com) is a Research Associate at the University of the Free State, International Studies Group (ISG) Department. He researches fiscal and financial histories of Southern Africa.
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