Essays on African Population

Originally published in 1961, this book comprises of 14 studies by scholars and officials with first-hand experience of Africa and deals with the nature and organization of population censuses and with the many uses to which their results may be put.

List of contents

1.Introduction K. M. Barbour and R. M. Prothero 2. Post-War West African Censuses R. M. Prothero 3. Population Census Estimates and Methods in British East Africa C. J. Martin 4. Demographic Features of Central Africa J. R. H Shaul 5. Estimates of Population Growth in East Africa, with special reference to Tanganyika and Zanzibar C. J. Martin 6. Population Maps and Mapping in Africa South of the Sahara R. M. Prothero 7. Population Mapping in Ghana T. E. Hilton 8. Population Mapping in Sudan K. M. Barbour 9. Population Densities and Agriculture in Northern Nigeria A. T. Grove 10. Population, Land and Water in Central Sudan K. M. Barbour 11 Population Movements in East Africa A. W. Southall 12. Wage Labour and African Population Movements in Central Africa J. C. Mitchell 13. The Towns of Tropical Africa R. W. Steel 14. Yoruba Towns N. C. Mitchell 15. A Geographical Analysis of Boundaries in Inter-Tropical Africa K. M. Barbour.

About the author

K. M. Barbour was Professor of Geography at the University of Nairobi. R. M. Prothero was Professor of Geography at the University of Liverpool.

Product details

• Authors: K. M. Prothero Barbour
• Assisted by: K. M. Barbour (Editor), R.M. Prothero (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032548203
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254820-3
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Demography
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Human Geography, Regional Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies