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Every policy has a history, and population policies are state interventions into some of the most intimate and private aspects of citizens’ lives. Given the cultural value placed on fertility and lineage and Africa’s historical depopulation through slavery, genocide, and famine, population policy is risky business for any African state.
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© 2008 Lisa Ann Richey
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Richey, L.A. (2008). Strategic Ambiguity: The Historical Context of the Tanzanian National Population Policy. In: Population Politics and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230610385_2
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