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Articles

Africa
Re-viewing studies on Africa, #Black Lives Matter, and envisioning the future of African Studies / Akosua Adomako Ampofo. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 2, p. 7-29
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; African studies ; decolonization ; student movements
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.34 (Restricted access)

Cape Verde
"Prison is for young people!" : youth, violence, and the State in Praia and Mindelo, Cape Verde / Peter Anton Zoettl. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 2, p. 231-249
ASC Subject Headings: Cape Verde ; crime ; offenders ; police ; prisoners ; punishment ; violence
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.30 (Restricted access)

Democratic Republic of Congo
Mamas in the newsroom : women's journalism against sexual violence in Eastern Congo / Elisa García-Mingo. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Media Studies : (2017), vol. 9, no. 1, p. 215-227
ASC Subject Headings: Democratic Republic of Congo ; journalism ; mass media ; women's organizations ; women's rights
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.9.1.215_1 (Restricted access)

Democratic Republic of Congo
The creation of Lubaland : missionary science and Christian literacy in the making of the Luba Katanga in Belgian Congo / David Maxwell. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2016), vol. 10, no. 3, p. 367-392 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: Christian education ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; ethnic identity ; Luba ; missions ; research
Full text: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2016.1254923 (Restricted access)

Eritrea
Refugees, migration, and gated nations : the Eritrean experience / Dan Connell. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 3, p. 217-225
ASC Subject Headings: Djibouti ; Eritrea ; Ethiopia ; refugee assistance ; refugees ; Sudan
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.90 (Restricted access)

Ethiopia
Frontier transformations : development visions, spaces and processes in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia / Guest editors: Jason Mosley and Elizabeth E. Watson. -
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2016), vol. 10, no. 3, p. 452-475 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: development planning ; development plans ; development projects ; Ethiopia ; Kenya
Full text: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2016.1266199 (Restricted access)

Ghana
Stylistic features of rural print media in Ghana / Paul Anyidoho. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Media Studies : (2017), vol. 9, no. 1, p. 195-213
ASC Subject Headings: advertising ; Ewe language ; Ghana ; language usage ; newspapers ; rural areas
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.9.1.195_1 (Restricted access)

Ghana
Rethinking the making and breaking of traditional and statutory institutions in post-Nkrumah Ghana / Paul Stacey. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 2, p. 209-230
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; institutional change ; institutions ; State-society relationship ; traditional society
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.29 (Restricted access)

Guinea
Understanding social resistance to the Ebola response in the forest region of the Republic of Guinea : an anthropological perspective / James Fairhead. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 3, p. 7-31
ASC Subject Headings: Ebola ; Guinea ; social problems ; violence
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.87 (Restricted access)

Kenya
Formation of citizenship through radio talk participation in Kenya / Joyce Omwoha. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Media Studies : (2017), vol. 9, no. 1, p. 181-194
ASC Subject Headings: audiences ; citizenship ; Kenya ; public opinion ; radio
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.9.1.181_1 (Restricted access)

Namibia
Heritage and tourism : the case of the Brandberg/Dâures, a first consideration. -
In: Journal / Namibia Scientific Society : (2016), vol. 64, p. 9-15 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: conservation of cultural heritage ; Namibia ; rock art

Namibia
Namibische Erinnerungskulturen am Beispiel des Reiterdenkmals von Windhoek / Matthias Schulze. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal / Namibia Scientific Society : (2016), vol. 64, p. 49-98 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: cultural heritage ; memory ; monuments ; Namibia

Namibia
Von der Namafrau, die einen Elefanten heiratete: Märchen von Tierbräutigam und Tierbraut in Namiba / Sigrid Schmidt. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal / Namibia Scientific Society : (2016), vol. 64, p. 21-43
ASC Subject Headings: folk tales ; Nama ; Namibia

Rwanda
Countering threats, stabilising politics and selling hope: examining the 'Agaciro' concept as a response to a critical juncture in Rwanda / Pritish Behuria. -
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2016), vol. 10, no. 3, p. 434-451 : graf
ASC Subject Headings: economic development ; elite ; political ideologies ; political stability ; Rwanda
Full text: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2016.1250871 (Restricted access)

Senegal
Staging a "revolution" : the 2011-12 electoral protests in Senegal / Leila Demarest. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 3, p. 61-82 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: elections ; financing ; protest ; Senegal
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.78 (Restricted access)

Somaliland
Education and extraversion: naming, valuing and contesting 'modern' and 'indigenous' knowledge in post-war Somaliland / Christina J. Woolner. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2016), vol. 10, no. 3, p. 413-433
ASC Subject Headings: higher education ; indigenous knowledge ; Somaliland
Full text: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2016.1250902 (Restricted access)

South Africa
Much "I do" about nothing? : the impact of South Africa's Civil Union Act on media representations of marriage / Julie Moreau and Mark Daku. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Media Studies : (2017), vol. 9, no. 1, p. 145-161 : graf., tab
ASC Subject Headings: attitudes ; homosexuality ; journalism ; marriage law ; South Africa
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.9.1.145_1 (Restricted access)

South Africa
The murder of Chris Hani : the neo-liberalization of South African news narratives / Raphael Ginsberg. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Media Studies : (2017), vol. 9, no. 1, p. 113-128
ASC Subject Headings: anti-apartheid resistance ; homicide ; images ; journalism ; liberalism ; South Africa
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.9.1.113_1 (Restricted access)

South Africa
Frontiers of power and prosperity : explaining provincial boundary disputes in postapartheid South Africa / Eddy Mazembo Mavungu. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 2, p. 183-208 : krt
ASC Subject Headings: boundary conflicts ; regional disparity ; regional government reform ; South Africa
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.28 (Restricted access)

Subsaharan Africa
ASR Forum : the life and work of Joel Barkan / Nic Cheeseman ... [et al.], guest eds. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 3, p. 107-215 : ill
ASC Subject Headings: academics ; democracy ; Kenya ; political science ; Subsaharan Africa ; Uganda
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.89 (Restricted access)

Subsaharan Africa
ASR Forum on surveillance in Africa : politics, histories, techniques / Kevin P. Donovan, Philippe M. Frowd and Aaron K. Martin, guest eds. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 2, p. 31-182 : ill
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.35 (Restricted access)

Subsaharan Africa
Mineral wealth and protest in sub-Saharan Africa / Moisés Arce and Rebecca E. Miller. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 3, p. 83-105 : tab
ASC Subject Headings: mineral exploration ; protest ; statistics ; Subsaharan Africa
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.84 (Restricted access)

Tanzania
'How come others are selling our land?' : customary land rights and the complex process of land acquisition in Tanzania / Martina Locher. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of Eastern African Studies : (2016), vol. 10, no. 3, p. 393-412
ASC Subject Headings: customary law ; land acquisition ; land rights ; Tanzania
Full text: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2016.1250890 (Restricted access)

Uganda
Dance, discipline, and the liberal self at a Ugandan Catholic boarding school / David G. Pier. - (Abstract available)
In: African Studies Review : (2016), vol. 59, no. 3, p. 33-59
ASC Subject Headings: Curriculum ; dance ; modernization ; schools ; Uganda
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2016.86 (Restricted access)

Zambia
The Zambian press freedom conundrum : reluctance rather than resilience / Twange Kasoma. -
In: Journal of African Media Studies : (2017), vol. 9, no. 1, p. 129-144 : fig., graf
ASC Subject Headings: freedom of the press ; media law ; media policy ; parliamentarians ; Zambia
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.9.1.129_1 (Restricted access)

Zimbabwe
Of witches, babes and wife bashers : images of gender in Zimbabwean tabloids / Elizabeth F. Hove. - (Abstract available)
In: Journal of African Media Studies : (2017), vol. 9, no. 1, p. 163-179 : foto
ASC Subject Headings: gender ; images ; journalism ; newspapers ; stereotypes ; Zimbabwe
Full text: https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.9.1.163_1 (Restricted access)

Electronic documents

Africa
African economic outlook 2017 : entrepreneurship and industrialisation / African Development Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Development Centre, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations , Economic Commission for Africa. - [Paris] : OECD Publishing, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; economic conditions ; economic policy ; entrepreneurs ; industrial development ; statistics
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/aeo-2017-en

Africa
Antelope, giraffe, hippo in the 21st century: conservation action in Africa : book of abstracts / ed. by Karoline Brandlová ... [et al.] ; Derbianus Conservation. - Prague : Czech University of Life Sciences, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: 2017 ; Africa ; conferences ; nature conservation ; wildlife protection
http://derbianus.cz/content/uploads/2017/02/Book_of_Abstracts-AnGiHip_fi...

Canary Islands
Canary Islands / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Canary Islands ; postage stamps ; postal services
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46166

Ghana
Cyclical migration and the extended community : a West African example / Philip F.W. Bartle. - Leiden : Afrika-Studiecentrum, Leiden, 1980
ASC Subject Headings: (667) ; 325.431.2 ; circular migration ; Ghana
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/410765279.pdf

Ghana
Ethnic heterogeneity and the migration factor in Ghana / P.F.W. Bartle, V.N.P. Sinha. - Leiden : Afrika-Studiecentrum, 1980
ASC Subject Headings: (667) ; 312.952 ; 325.43 ; ethnic groups ; Ghana ; migration ; population composition
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/410765643.pdf

Ghana
Matriliny is alive and well, and living in Ghana / P.F.W. Bartle. - (Abstract available) - Leiden : Afrika-Studiecentrum, 1980
ASC Subject Headings: (667) ; 301.185.12Akan ; 392.313 ; Akan ; Ghana ; matriarchy
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/410780774.pdf

Ghana
Who looks after the rural children of West African urban migrants? : some notes on households and the non family in a dispersed matrilineal society / P.F.W. Bartle. - Leiden : Afrika-Studiecentrum, 1980
ASC Subject Headings: (667) ; 301.185.12Akan ; 392.3 ; Akan ; family ; Ghana
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/410780901.pdf

Ghana
Urban migration and rural identity, an ethnography of a Kwawu community, Obo, Ghana / by Philip F.W. Bartle. - [S.l. : s.n.], 1978
ASC Subject Headings: (667) ; 301.185.12Kwahu ; 308(-202) ; 325.431 ; dissertations (form) ; Ghana ; Kwahu ; rural society ; urbanization
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/410765457.pdf

Ghana
African rural-urban migration : a dicision making perspective / by Philip F.W. Bartle. - [S.l.] : University of British Columbia, 1971
ASC Subject Headings: Ghana ; Kwahu ; rural-rural migration ; theses (form)
http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/410781053.pdf

Ifni
IFNI / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Ifni ; Morocco ; postage stamps ; postal services ; Spain
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46161

Indian Ocean islands
Patrimoines partagés, traits communs en Indianocéanie / ouvrage réalisé sous la dir. de Jean-Michel Jauze. - (Abstract available) - La Réunion : Commission de l'océan Indien, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: country studies (form) ; cultural heritage ; culture ; Indian Ocean islands
http://commissionoceanindien.org/fileadmin/resources/Patrimoine/COI%20PATRIMOINES%20PARTAGES%20-%20INT%20OK.pdf

Mauritania
After 1960 / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Mauritania ; postage stamps ; postal services
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46149

Mauritania
Part 1: 1906-1922 / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Mauritania ; postage stamps ; postal services
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46167

Mauritania
Part 2: 1922-1940 / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Mauritania ; postage stamps ; postal services
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46147

Mauritania
Part 3: 1940-1960 / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Mauritania ; postage stamps ; postal services
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46148

Nigeria
Enter Naija: the book of places / ed. by Otosirieze Obi-Young. - [S.l. : Brittle Papers], 2016
ASC Subject Headings: arts ; ethnicity ; literature ; nation ; Nigeria ; place names ; space
http://brittlepaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/ENTER-NAIJA-THE-BOOK-...

South Africa
1877-1882 /Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa ; Transvaal
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46751

South Africa
1883-1899 /Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa ; Transvaal
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46752

South Africa
1902-1910 /Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa ; Transvaal
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46753

South Africa
Boer war 1899-1902 : Boer forces /Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa ; Transvaal
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47007

South Africa
Boer war 1899-1902 : British forces /Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa ; Transvaal
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47008

South Africa
Cape of Good Hope / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47003

South Africa
Cape of Good Hope during the Anglo-Boer War / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47004

South Africa
Nieuwe Republiek / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47006

South Africa
Post 1975 Sahara / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Mauritania ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46165

South Africa
Postage stamps / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47011

South Africa
Postmarks A-D / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47012

South Africa
Postmarks E-H / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47015

South Africa
Postmarks I-M / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47016

South Africa
Postmarks N-R / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47017

South Africa
Postmarks S-V / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47018

South Africa
Postmarks W-Z /Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47019

South Africa
Stellaland and British Bechuanaland / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47005

South Africa
Until 1877 /Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa ; Transvaal
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46750

South Africa
Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek/Transvaal: Boer War 1899-1902 British forces / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Natal ; postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47008

South Africa
Zululand / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; South Africa ; Zululand
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/47020

Spanish Morocco
Cabo Juby / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; Spanish Morocco
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46162

Western Sahara
Rio de Oro and La Aguera / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; Western Sahara
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46163

Western Sahara
Spanish Sahara and Spanish West Africa / Ton Dietz. - Leiden : African Studies Centre, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: postage stamps ; postal services ; Western Sahara
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/46164

Books

Africa
Making Africa work : a handbook for economic success / Greg Mills ... [et al.]. - Cape Town : Tafelberg, 2017
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; business ; economic conditions ; economic development ; employment creation ; leadership ; South Africa

Africa
Re-approaching sources in African Studies / Felix Schürmann ... [et al.]. - (Abstract available) - Wien : ECCO, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; African studies ; historical sources ; novels ; research methods ; Swahili language
 

Africa
Marxisms in the 21st century : crisis, critique & struggle / editors, Michelle Williams and Vishwas Satgar. - (Abstract available) - Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2013
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; democracy ; ecology ; feminism ; globalization ; Marxism ; political science ; South Africa

Africa
Le génie des Ishango : synthèse systématique de la philosophie africaine / Eugenio Nkogo Ondó. - Wimereux : Sagittaire, 2010
ASC Subject Headings: Africa ; cosmology ; intellectual history ; philosophy

Chad
Living by the gun in Chad : combatants, impunity and State formation / Marielle Debos ; transl. from the French by Andrew Brown. - London : Zed Books, 2016
ASC Subject Headings: Chad ; governance ; mercenaries ; military personnel ; military sociology ; militias ; political violence

Democratic Republic of Congo
Simon Kimbangu : le prophète de la libération de l'homme noir : actes de la conférence internationale sur Simon Kimbangu, 1887-1951 : l'homme, son oeuvre et sa contribution à la libération de l'homme noir, Kinshasa, du 24 au 28 juillet 2011 / sous la dir. de M'Bokolo Elikia et Sabakinu Kivilu. - (Abstract available) - Paris : L'Harmattan, 2014
ASC Subject Headings: 2011 ; African religions ; conference papers (form) ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Kimbanguist Church ; prophets

Namibia
The rock paintings of the Upper Brandberg / Harald Pager. - Köln : Heinrich-Barth-Institut, 1989
ASC Subject Headings: (688) ; 571.6 ; Namibia ; rock art

Films
Côte d'Ivoire
Télé guerre / Luc Damiba, Abdoulaye Diallo, Gideon Vink. - [Ouagadougou] : Semfilms, 2006
ASC Subject Headings: civil wars ; Côte d'Ivoire ; documentary films (form) ; information dissemination ; public opinion ; television ; videos (form)
https://player.vimeo.com/video/165837129

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