Our long walk to economic freedom : lessons from 100 000 years of human history

Who are the architects of Wakanda? African economic historians and the stories we tell -- What happened at Blombos in 70 000 BCE? The Out-of-Africa hypothesis and the peopling of the world -- Why are the Danes so individualistic? The Neolithic Revolution and the rise of civilisations -- Why does isiXhosa have clicks? The Bantu migration -- How did Joseph and his eleven brothers solve the economic problem? Custom and command in the ancient world -- What do Charlemagne and King Zwelithini have in common? Feudalism -- Why do Indians have dowry and Africans lobola? Precolonial African economic systems -- Who was the richest man in history? The spread of Islam in Africa and the Crusades -- How did 168 Spanish conquistadores capture an empire? Europeans in the New World -- Why was a giraffe the perfect gift for the Chinese emperor? The Indian Ocean trade and European imperialism -- Who visited Gorée island on 27 June 2013? The Atlantic slave trade and Africa's long-run development -- What is an incunabulum? Book printing and the Reformation -- Who was Autshumao's niece? The arrival of Europeans in South Africa and the demise of the Khoesan -- What did Thomson, Watson & Co buy? The emancipation of slaves at the Cape -- What do an Indonesian volcano, Frankenstein and Shaka Zulu have in common? The Mfecane and Great Trek -- Why was the spinning jenny not invented in India? Science, technology and the Industrial Revolution -- Why did railways hurt Basotho farmers? South Africa's mineral revolution -- What did Sol Plaatje find on his journey through South Africa? Property rights and labour coercion -- Why can you have any car as long as it is black? The rise of American industry -- What did a butterfly collector do in the Congo? The Berlin Conference and the colonisation of Africa -- What was new about the New Deal? The Great Depression and the New Deal -- How could a movie embarrass Stalin? Russia and the turn to communism -- What was the Great Leap Forward? Mao Zedong, famine and the Cultural Revolution -- Why should we cry for Argentina? A country reverses -- Who was the last king of Scotland? African independence struggles -- How did Einstein help create Eskom? South Africa industrialises -- Why would you want to eat dim sum in the Transkei? The economics of apartheid -- Why do the Japanese play rugby? The rise of the East Asian economies -- What do Lego and the greatest invention of the twentieth century have in common? The second era of globalisation -- What is funny about Moore's law? ICT and the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- Who were Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? The global financial crisis of 2008 -- What did The Economist get spectacularly wrong? Africa after 2000 -- Will Madiba's Long Walk to Freedom ever end? The first 25 years of democracy and the future of South Africa -- What should no scholar ever do? Predicting the future -- Epilogue: How do you win a World Cup?