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This thematic map gives insight into Africa's population dynamics between 1960 and 2010. Africa's population has grown rapidly over the last fifty years: from 289 million inhabitants in 1961 to more than 1 billion today. The number of urban residents has increased even more quickly: from 65 million in 1960 to 460 million today. The average life expectancy, literacy rates and primary-school attendance figures have also all increased spectacularly. Changes in the structure of Africa's population are evident in the continent's population pyramid. A 'youth bulge' can be seen in Southern Africa's population statistics. The expectation is that there will be a relatively high number of 10-30 year olds across the continent over the next few decades.

After almost fifty years of Dutch-Zambian relationships, the Netherlands Embassy in Lusaka closed its doors in 2013. Earlier, the development cooperation with this country was ended. A lively Dutch community of entrepreneurs and (former) development workers stay behind. How do they and also Zambians look back on the Dutch involvement? Did the Dutch presence mean anything substantial from the perspectives of those involved? This ASC publication by historian Anne-Lot Hoek gives a unique insight in the history of Dutch presence in Zambia.